In the Western desert of Egypt, a city lost for thousands of years found.

John Darnell, an Egyptologist in Yale’s Near Eastern Languages and Civilization department, and his team have succeeded in doing what most Egyptologists merely dream of: discovering a lost pharaonic city of administrative buildings, military housing, small industries, and artisan workshops. Says Darnell, of a find that promises to rewrite a major chapter in ancient Egyptian history, “We were really shocked.”

Yale Alumni Magazine, Sept/Oct 2010

An intriguing find, connected with the Middle and New Kingdoms.