John Darnell Professor of Egyptology

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Professor Darnell talks about recent discovery in the Western Egyptian desert of a 3,500-year-old settlement

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"Lost" city is oldest in region, which was thought to have been uninhabited. Dates to Second Intermediate Period. Functioned as administrative center and industrial bakery. Suggests a previously unknown group, maybe allied with Thebes.

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