Ruins of 7,000-year-old city found in Egypt oasis

**min0 lee** · 02-05-2008, 03:33 PM

Ruins of 7,000-year-old city found in Egypt oasis - Yahoo! News

A team of US archaeologists has discovered the ruins of a city dating back to the period of the first farmers 7,000 years ago in Egypt's Fayyum oasis, the supreme council of antiquities said on Tuesday.

"An electromagnetic survey revealed the existence in the Karanis region of a network of walls and roads similar to those constructed during the Greco-Roman period," the council's chief Zahi Hawwas said.

The remnants of the city are "still buried beneath the sand and the details of this discovery will be revealed in due course," Hawwas said.

"The artefacts consist of the remains of walls and houses in terracotta or dressed limestone as well as a large quantity of pottery and the foundations of ovens and grain stores," he added.

The remains date back to the Neolithic period between 5,200 and 4,500 BC.
The local director of antiquities, Ahmed Abdel Alim, said the site was just seven kilometres (four miles) from Fayyum lake and would probably have lain at the water's edge at the time it was inhabited.

**DOMS** · 02-05-2008, 03:45 PM

That's pretty cool.

**The Monkey Man** · 02-05-2008, 05:16 PM

Zahi Hawwas is a badass... That guy knows so much shit!

**Little Wing** · 02-05-2008, 05:38 PM

being an archaeologist has got to be about the coolest job in the world.

**FishOrCutBait** · 02-05-2008, 06:41 PM

Originally Posted by Little Wing

being a successful archaeologist has got to be about the coolest job in the world.

what about the others that spend their whole career and find like 3 clay plates?

thatd blow.

**Little Wing** · 02-05-2008, 07:17 PM

Originally Posted by FishOrCutBait

what about the others that spend their whole career and find like 3 clay plates?

thatd blow.

i found a bunch of worthless old bottles, Indian marbles, broken bits of china... it was still fun dirt, sweat, mosquito bites and all

or beach combing, nothing really valuable but great fun anyway.

**maniclion** · 02-05-2008, 07:32 PM

Originally Posted by Little Wing

being an archaeologist has got to be about the coolest job in the world.

My Friend Jordans father was one. He was divorced from Jordans mom but lived close by so we would go to his house and look at all the rad stuff he'd found, skulls and swords and arrowheads, spear tips, etc........Thing is he was gone from his son most of the year so if you have kids it would suck. It's not like the Young Indiana Jones where they drag the whole family around anymore....

That reminds me, after watching Indiana Jones with Jordans father he told us some cool stories about Malaysia and India where he did some of his first digs, for years after that I wanted to be an Archaeologist but more like Jones looking for the real mysteries like the Lost City of Atlantis.....

**Little Wing** · 02-05-2008, 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by maniclion

My Friend Jordans father was one. He was divorced from Jordans mom but lived close by so we would go to his house and look at all the rad stuff he'd found, skulls and swords and arrowheads, spear tips, etc........Thing is he was gone from his son most of the year so if you have kids it would suck. It's not like the Young Indiana Jones where they drag the whole family around anymore....

That reminds me, after watching Indiana Jones with Jordans father he told us some cool stories about Malaysia and India where he did some of his first digs, for years after that I wanted to be an Archaeologist but more like Jones looking for the real mysteries like the Lost City of Atlantis.....

after my kids are grown i would seriously enjoy being in some dense crazy bug infested jungle hacking my way through thick vegetation looking for lost cities etc. vanity thinks i'm crazy. Tyler says he'll come.

**The Monkey Man** · 02-05-2008, 08:18 PM

Too bad there aren't any lost cities like that...

But the ones that remain are too cool...

I made a collection jar for a guy I know from work...
It says "send me to Machu Picchu"

**Little Wing** · 02-05-2008, 10:30 PM

Originally Posted by The Monkey Man

Too bad there aren't any lost cities like that...

But the ones that remain are too cool...

I made a collection jar for a guy I know from work...
It says "send me to Machu Picchu"

the whole world has not been explored yet and there are undiscovered cities, "A team of US archaeologists has discovered the ruins of a city dating back to the period of the first farmers 7,000 years ago in Egypt's Fayyum oasis, the supreme council of antiquities said on Tuesday." and who can say they are certain nothing unexpected and exciting lies deep inside the rain forests of south america? or anywhere else?

The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

cool book.

**sensamilia** · 02-06-2008, 12:00 AM

Theres still lots to b discovered, didnt they like find what looks like a city underwater which they think might b Atlantis, theyre still bussy with that one.
And I think they still bussy studying thouse "Pyramids" which they found under water off the coast of Japan, but yeh being an archeaologist these days wud b boring as fuck.

**goob** · 02-06-2008, 05:36 AM

What's that?

They've discovered Albob's holiday home?

**Scarface30** · 02-06-2008, 06:36 AM

Originally Posted by Little Wing

the whole world has not been explored yet and there are undiscovered cities, "A team of US archaeologists has discovered the ruins of a city dating back to the period of the first farmers 7,000 years ago in Egypt's Fayyum oasis, the supreme council of antiquities said on Tuesday." and who can say they are certain nothing unexpected and exciting lies deep inside the rain forests of south america? or anywhere else?

The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

cool book.

yeah I find that stuff extremely interesting too.

I was watching a show one night on the History Chanel about the Mayans, and there was this extensive rainforest that covered ~700000 sq.km. of Latin America and some into southern Mexico, and they estimated that there could be 10s of thousands of undiscovered Mayan pyramids in there. it showed the view of the rainforest from a helicopter and all you could see were bumps and hills sticking out of the canopy here and there that they believed were some of the pyramids and ruins, it's just that the jungle was so dense it makes traveling/exploring through it nearly impossible.

**Little Wing** · 02-06-2008, 07:23 AM

Originally Posted by Scarface30

yeah I find that stuff extremely interesting too.

I was watching a show one night on the History Chanel about the Mayans, and there was this extensive rainforest that covered ~700000 sq.km. of Latin America and some into southern Mexico, and they estimated that there could be 10s of thousands of undiscovered Mayan pyramids in there. it showed the view of the rainforest from a helicopter and all you could see were bumps and hills sticking out of the canopy here and there that they believed were some of the pyramids and ruins, it's just that the jungle was so dense it makes traveling/exploring through it nearly impossible.

if i could be there i would. some of the work i did in my life was wake up in the night screaming with both legs cramping like a bitch because the days work before killed you. and there was no money in it just making a place for my parents home where there was a forest of trees before we started. i wouldn't want leg cramps every night for sure but except for that the end of the day you feel pretty damn good. nearly is the key word. it's possible but people are too pussified today. everyone has a friggin couch.

**Little Wing** · 02-06-2008, 08:00 AM

a couple other good books are Democracy in America and The Voyage of the Archangel

**fufu** · 02-06-2008, 08:22 AM

Originally Posted by min0 lee

Ruins of 7,000-year-old city found in Egypt oasis - Yahoo! News

that is awesome!

**BulkMeUp** · 02-06-2008, 10:34 AM

Originally Posted by min0 lee

Ruins of 7,000-year-old city found in Egypt oasis - Yahoo! News

wow!

**The Monkey Man** · 02-06-2008, 07:06 PM

Originally Posted by goob

What's that?

They've discovered Albob's holiday home?

Childhood home -

**min0 lee** · 02-06-2008, 07:23 PM

I love the Albob jokes.

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