The discovery of the first complete residential city in eastern Luxor

The Egyptian archaeological mission, headed by Dr. Mostafa Waziri, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, succeeded in uncovering a complete residential city from the Roman era, during archaeological excavations in the Beit Yasi Andraos area, adjacent to Luxor Temple on the eastern bank of the city.

Dr. confirmed. Mostafa Waziri emphasized the importance of the discovery, as it revealed the most important and oldest residential city on the eastern mainland in Luxor Governorate, which is an extension of the ancient city of Thebes. The workshops for the manufacture and smelting of metals contained a number of pots, water bottles, flasks, pottery slides, grinding tools, and Roman coins of copper and bronze.

Dr. expressed Mustafa Waziri expressed his happiness with the results of the excavations this season, indicating that it is a very promising season, and that the mission will complete the excavation work at the site, which may lead to the discovery of more secrets of this city.

For his part, Dr. said. Fathi Yassin, Director General of Antiquities of Upper Egypt, found inside the two towers of the pigeons the discoverers of many pottery vessels that were used as nests for pigeons, which preliminary studies indicated that it began to be used starting from the Roman era.

It should be noted that the mission had started completing the excavation work this season in the Beit Andrews area in September 2022, and that during its previous excavation seasons it had found a number of amphoras and saddles from the Byzantine era, in addition to a group of Roman bronze coins, part of a wall from the Roman era and a storehouse. Old, and a number of other archaeological icons dating back to different historical periods.