Archaeologists just uncovered a remarkably well-preserved Byzantine-era residential city in Egypt’s Western Desert at the Dakhla Oasis.

Buried for centuries in one of the harshest environments on Earth, this complete mud-brick settlement from the 4th–5th centuries AD reveals an… pic.twitter.com/lZSY82zTnC

— Daily Science from Dan (@D13Mhz) July 5, 2026