Lost city discovered beneath Egypt's desert with ancient church

A Byzantine lost city around the year 400 CE.

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honeycrispy 35 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I wish I could go back in time and visit to see what it was like.

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m0llusk an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The Ancient Architects video on YouTube has a quite good summary of the history of this site.

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dominotw 37 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

this is amazing. I am ancient egypt nerd but sucks that egypt is in egypt. I got scammed last time i went there and ppl were rude and agrresive.

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nashashmi 17 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Best way not to get scammed is to hire a tour guide. Best care. Best everything. They will tell you what to watch for. If you love Egyptology like others do, you are going to be in the targeted category for advertisement, souvenirs, and scams.

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zulux 19 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You're not allowed to notice things.

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waschl 26 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

can you tell a bit more about how you got scammed? I was in Cairo twice for business and our hosts organized nice trips through the historic sites and new museum. I intend to go there with my family one day

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honeycrispy 17 minutes ago | parent [-]

Sonny from the "Best Ever Food Review Show" had a similar experience to op. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LzuZrkEY18

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dominotw 16 minutes ago | parent [-]

https://youtube.com/shorts/iCInGp4cxhc

i guess you might be ok if you are cocooned in a safe travel group. I travel more independently, freely and let things come to me. Going on planned group iternary isnt much of an interest for me at the moment.

	▲	zulux 10 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I absolutely hate tours and being penned in. However, if I see expats or locals in a tour group, it tells me there's some value there I'm missing. Served me well in India and parts of South America, for example.

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cmrdporcupine an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

... Do we have a better source than Daily Mail?

Here: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/07/byzantine-city-with-writt...

and https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/04/archaeologists...

	▲	sshagent an hour ago \| parent [-]
		thank you.