“Buried for 2,600 years beneath Nile mud, a massive ancient Egyptian complex was just found — from space”

Key points

• Satellite radar and electrical scans revealed a large structure at Buto in the Nile Delta.
• The buried complex is dated to the Saite period, around the 26th dynasty (688–525 B.C.).
• ERS and ERT identified an oval anomaly about 420 by 203 feet beneath Kom C.
• Deeper layers suggest Ptolemaic and Roman-era occupation above the Saite foundation.
• A clean sand layer under the mudbrick walls helped stabilize foundations in waterlogged clay.