A miracle has been taking place in Egypt lately as the findings that are constantly coming to light show the enormous importance of the two cities – Aten and Sakara – that were revealed by Egyptian and Greek archaeologists who are working intensively in the area.
These are two cities that are not only associated with invaluable finds, sarcophagi and tombs, pharaohs’ mummies and pyramids, but also valuable treasures such as rings, colored pottery, which will reveal many of the hidden secrets of Egypt we usually read in novels.
In fact, Betsy Bryan, a professor of Egyptian Art and Archeology at Johns Hopkins University, said the discovery of the city of Aten was “the second most important archaeological discovery after Tutankhamun’s tomb”.
Only recently, also after the restoration works that are being done in the area, the pyramid of Pharaoh Zozer, 4,700 years old, which is considered to be the oldest in the area, was handed over to the public again.
Aten, known as the golden city, the center of Akhenaten, has been in search for many years, but the pandemic had to come in order for this archeological team up and start moving in that direction. For years the Egyptians, and especially the team of the excavator Zahi Hawass, the most famous Egyptian archaeologist and former Egyptian Minister of Culture, insisted that the famous lost golden city was located on the west bank of Luxor, near the Colossi of Memnon and in this direction they moved when the excavations began in 2020.
Until the first architectural elements came to light that showed that it may be the big city, which now confirms the enormous importance of the discovery. To these must be added the priceless treasures which are constantly coming to light as these lines are written and testify that this is indeed the famous city of Nefertiti and Tutankhamun.
To be precise, the city dates back to the years of the reign of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, the so-called Akhenaten, which continued to be inhabited until the reign of Ai, passing through that of Tutankhamun.
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Immortal tombs and imposing buildings therefore show objects that are expected to unravel many mysteries, for which countless books have been written, such as why Amenhotep III’s son, Akhenaten, abolished the official worship of other gods and replaced it with that of the sun-god Aten, or why he left with his beloved Nefertiti the city of Thebes, which was the capital of ancient Egypt for more than 150 years, to co-found Amarna.
He was the most subversive and heretical pharaoh of the Amenhotep dynasty, since during the reign of his father he was already ordained a priest because of the powers he was considered to have, his direct relationship with the god Helios (Ra).
