February 16, 2010

Egypt continues to be a place of research to develop new insights about the lost civilization with the discovery of an ancient city buried.

As quoted by Radio Australia, Monday (21 / 6), the Austrian archaeologist found what they believe to be Avaris, the capital used by the Hyksos who ruled 3600 years ago.

Egyptian Ministry of Culture said, an Austrian expert mission conduct geophysical surveys in the area that allows them to identify the parts Avaris city in the Nile Delta near the modern town of Tal al-Dabaa, northeast of Cairo.

Radar maps showing overall picture of a town complete with streets, homes and burial ground, one of the former Nile tributaries flow through the city, and the two islands.

The Asiatic Hyksos invaded Egypt around 1569 BC and ruled for more than a century, with the central government in the capital in the Nile delta.
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