3,000 year old Buhen Fortress of Egypt
New Discovery
It seems that discoveries are being made daily. This might be the result of better technology assisting the archaeologist to find these locations.
Today’s story is about the finding of a sunken fortress. The fortress dates back to Egypt’s Middle Kingdom around 3,000 B.C.
This was during the reign of King Senusret III. He had many Castles and fortress built during his reign.
These were designed to protect Egypt from attacks from people of the south. The time was 1860 B.C..
The Buhen Fortress as it is known today could house up to 1,000 Soldiers, and its walls were made of bricks, it was 5 meters thick.
In 1964 the fortress became submerged under Lake Nasser. The ministry of Antiquities says that they did not look for it because they felt that since it was under water there would not be much left to find.
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Recent Archaeological Find Giant Super Highway’
A massive tunnel complex that extends from Scotland all the way to Turkey has been found.
This underground network archaeologist believe was constructed to allow for safe passage from one region to another.
Since it is believe to date back to the Stone Age, and who knows what dangerous animals existed in those times. Maybe there were even dinosaurs alive during that period. So maybe that how humans were able to get around without being eaten at that time.
Massive Super Highway
They call these tunnels an ancient super-highway, because they extend over so many miles.
The German archaeologist Dr. Heinrich Kusch says that the reason they are still there to this day is because they were created so big. The complex is simply massive.
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