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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Benjamin Lynch

Ancient Egypt’s own Atlantis - lost capital of Memphis was pharaoh's most important city

In Egypt lies the site of an ancient lost city and its very own Atlantis, a place once thriving now covered by desert sand.

Memphis is around 11 miles south of Cairo and was once the very first capital of the unified states of Upper and Lower Egypt, though it was eventually abandoned in the 7th century AD.

Recently, there were five ancient tombs thought to be at least 4,000 years old discovered nearby.

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