Egypt Uncovers 4th-Century Byzantine City With Coins and Deacon's Residence
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Updated · Fox Weather · Jul 20
Egypt Uncovers 4th-Century Byzantine City With Coins and Deacon's Residence
3 articles · Updated · Fox Weather · Jul 20
Summary
Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities uncovered a Byzantine residential city whose standout finds include a 4th-century deacon’s residence, bronze and gold coins, and a basilica church.
The site appears to have been a planned community, with intertwining main streets, open fields and squares, plus houses fitted with halls, ovens, kitchens and tools.
Two watchtowers and a thick-walled fortress point to defensive functions alongside daily residential life, broadening the picture of Byzantine-era settlement in Egypt.
The coins bear Roman emperors and Latin and Christian symbols, linking the discovery to the Eastern Roman Empire’s Christianized phase after Constantine founded Constantinople in 330 A.D.