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December 17, 2022
Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed stunning gold jewelry, including a ring depicting the “god of fun,” in a burial that’s more than 3,300 years old, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced.
The burial is located in the northern part of the ancient city of Akhetaten (modern-day Amarna), about 186 miles (300 kilometers) south of Cairo. This city was built by the pharaoh Akhenaten (reign circa 1353 B.C. to 1336 B.C.), who tried to change Egypt’s polytheistic religion by focusing it around the worship of the Aten, the sun disk. He moved Egypt’s capital city from Thebes in modern-day Luxor to the newly built desert city of Akhetaten. Ultimately Akhenaten’s religious reforms were undone by his son, Tutankhamun, and the new city was abandoned not long after Akhenaten’s death.