3,200-year-old inscription may help locate Egypt’s lost city of Mesen

A view of the inscriptions and city view of Mesen For more than three millennia, the name Mesen survived in ancient records without a confirmed place on the map. Now, a battered stone inscription found in Egypt's northern Sinai may have given archaeologists their strongest clue yet to the city's whereabouts, states an online report by Live Science. As per the report the discovery was made at Tell Abu Seifi, an archaeological site near the Suez Canal, close to the northern Sinai Desert and the eastern Nile Delta. Excavations have uncovered remains that appear to connect the site with Mesen, an ancient city associated with the Egyptian god Horus and a major military route leading toward the Levant. Scroll down to read the details of the discovery.A name carved in stoneThe key discovery is a massive sandstone lintel that was broken in half but remains inscribed on three sides, states the report. The inscriptions include the titles of Ramesses II, who ruled Egypt from around 1279 to 1213 B.C., along with references to restoration work involving a statue of Horus. Most importantly, the ancient text identifies Horus as the Lord of Mesen. If we go by the report, the connection is signific...