Città preistorica sulle sponde del lago Qaroun

Una citta' risalente al periodo neolitico e' stata trovata da una squadra di archeologi statunitensi nella regione egiziana di Karanis, nei pressi dell'oasi del Fayyoum, pochi chilometri a sud del Cairo. La scoperta e' stata annunciata dalla televisione di stato egiziana Nile tv. A rivelare l'esistenza del sito e' stata un'indagine elettromagnetica: muri e strade sono ancora sotto la sabbia. Secondo il direttore del Consiglio supremo egiziano per le antichita', Zaki Hawass, nel sottosuolo ci sono "mura di abitazioni costruite in terracotta e grandi quantita' di ceramiche, nonche' resti di silo probabilmente usato per conservare il grano".
Fonte : La Repubblica

Ecco la notizia in eng:
Ruins of 7,000-year-old city found in Egypt oasis
Source: ABC (Australia) ^ | January 30, 2008 - 9:47AM | U/A

A team of US archaeologists has discovered the ruins of a city dating back to the period of the first farmers 7,000 years ago in Egypt's Fayyum oasis, the supreme council of antiquities said.

"An electro-magnetic survey revealed the existence in the Karanis region of a network of walls and roads similar to those constructed during the Greco-Roman period," the council's chief Zahi Hawwas said.

The remnants of the city are "still buried beneath the sand and the details of this discovery will be revealed in due course," Mr Hawwas said.

"The artefacts consist of the remains of walls and houses in terracotta or dressed limestone as well as a large quantity of pottery and the foundations of ovens and grain stores," he added.

The remains date back to the Neolithic period between 5,200 and 4,500 BC.

The local director of antiquities, Ahmed Abdel Alim, said the site was just seven kilometres from Fayyum lake and would probably have lain at the water's edge at the time it was inhabited.