Ancient fortified city discovered

Archaeologists exploring an old military road in the Sinai have unearthed 3,000-year-old remains from an ancient fortified city, the largest yet found in Egypt, antiquities authorities announced Wednesday.

Among the discoveries at the site was a relief of King Thutmose II (1516-1504 BC), apparently the first such royal monument found in Sinai, said Zahi Hawass, chief of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities. It indicates that Thutmose II may have built a fort near the ancient city, about two miles northeast of present-day Qantara and known historically as Tharu.