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Archaeologists have uncovered a well-preserved 1,600-year-old Byzantine-era city near Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis, featuring a basilica, a city grid and two watchtowers, along with 18 tombs at Marina el-Alamein and bronze coins, inscriptions and other artifacts, highlighting life in the Byzantine period and bolstering Egypt’s tourism and UNESCO listing efforts.
Archaeologists uncover a well-preserved fourth-century Byzantine city in Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis, featuring a basilica, residential streets and daily-life artifacts; separately, 18 tombs at Marina el-Alamein near Alexandria — bringing the site total to 48 — and a granite sarcophagus with associated finds, illuminate urban planning, trade and funerary practices in Byzantine and Greco-Roman Egypt.
Archaeologists have discovered gold and silver jewelry in a 1,600-year-old burial site at the Almalyk-dere necropolis on the Mangup plateau in Crimea, indicating the presence of elite burials. The artifacts, including ornate earrings and fibulas, suggest they belonged to wealthy women from a society that existed between the fourth and sixth centuries. The site, historically part of the Christian principality of Gothia, has been systematically excavated since the 19th century, revealing its rich historical significance.