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ARCHAEOLOGY
Found Avaris, Egyptian city of more than 3,500 years ago
Under the Nile Delta
a team of Austrian archaeologists discovered the remains of a city that was the capital of the Hyksos population, a population Asian nomadic
ARCHAEOLOGY

Found Avaris, Egyptian city of more than 3,500 years ago

Under the Nile Delta
a team of Austrian archaeologists discovered the remains of a city that was the capital of the Hyksos people, a nomadic Asian

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Avaris, Egyptian city discovered by archaeologists Austrian
LONDON - Avaris was about 1500 years BC, the Egyptian capital of the Hyksos people (whose name means "rulers of foreign countries), Asian nomadic race who descended to Egypt at the end of the Middle Kingdom, to govern from 1664 to 1569 BC. Now an Austrian archaeological mission has located some remains of this city near the village of Tell El-Dab'a, in the north-eastern Nile delta.

THE DISCOVERY - is an important discovery for archaeologists from all over the world. The Austrian team is already present in the area for 35 years: the first studies to find Avartis were started in 1975. As said archaeologist Irene Mueller heads the consortium, through the use of radar to its group of scholars have been unable to identify the urban structure of Avaris, and recognize different ways, buildings, dwellings, temples, a harbor overlooking the Nile, two submerged islands, pits of different sizes. All under to a particularly leafy crops, as can be seen in satellite images which is superimposed on the current physical structure of the area extension of the old Egyptian capital. Precisely because of the many houses and agricultural areas present today in the area, it is difficult to dig to unearth the ancient remains.

Hyksos - A ruling this Egyptian capital was a population that arrived in the Nile Delta Asia, the Hyksos. Veneration of the god Seth, who built a temple to Avartis, and were composed of Semitic Canaanites. From this city these nomads moved then to Memphis, but never ruled over the Middle Egypt. There were many exchanges with other populations, in the writings are in fact traces of their relations with Crete, Anatolia, the Aegean islands. As already did the pharaohs, the Hyksos also used to engrave their names on the beetles (considered sacred animals) later placed among the bandages of mummies. It is thanks to them that in Egypt started to use horses as draft animals, and wagons to fight in war.

Eva Perasso
June 21, 2010 ©
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