New Second Intermediate Period Finds in Town of Edfu

A US archaeological team uncovered an ancient Egyptian administrative building and silos dating back to the 17th dynasty along with an older columned hall in the southern Egyptian town of Edfu, Egypt's antiquities department announced Tuesday. With sixteen wooden columns, the layout of the mud-brick hall shows that it might been part of a governor's palace, Egypt's antiquities chief, Zahi Hawas said. Pottery and seals that date back to the 13th dynasty were discovered in the hall.