Discovered 7,000-year-old mysterious city underground Egypt

The Egyptian Antiquities Ministry said the country has excavated a 7,000-year-old city (which belongs to the first dynasty of the Nile civilization) in Sohag province.

This ancient city is likely to be the home of high officials and large tombs. The location where archaeologists found the ruins of the city is about 400m away from the Seti I temple, right in the famous Luxor tourist area.

The ancient city was discovered near Luxor - a famous tourist destination in Egypt.(Getty photo).

Archaeologists discovered huts, pottery and iron tools, and 15 very large tombs, larger than the tombs of the kings in Abydos. The Antiquities Ministry said that these large tombs could be reserved for the most advanced social status holders of ancient Egypt.

This may be the key to bringing new insights into Abydos - one of the oldest cities and once the capital of ancient Egypt at the end of the pre-Dynasty era.

The findings also open up the opportunity to revive Egypt's declining tourism, which has been affected by political turmoil in the country in 2011.

More than 14.7 million tourists visited Egypt in 2010, down to 9.8 million in 2011. In the first quarter of 2016, only 1.2 million tourists came to Egypt compared to 2.2 million. the previous year the same period last year.