Egyptian archaeologists team led by Mr Ramadan Helmy successfully discovered 5 water wells on the outside of Tell el-Kedwa (Qedua) fortress about 23 km to the east of the Suez Canal. The water wells were referred to their existence in inscriptions on the wall of Karnak temple dated to the reign of Seti I.Evidence shows that they were deliberately backfilled, except for one, in order to stop the Persian invaders from using them.
Dr Ayman Ashmawi said that the only survived water well was uniquely constructed as it was dug in the fine sand then inserted pottery rings inside on top on each other. Each of approx. 1 meter diameter with 3 side holes to help going up and down the well.
The team managed to get down 3 meters and found 13 pottery rings and several pottery dated to the Saite period, 26th Dynasty (664–525 BC)As for the ongoing excavation at the fortress site, Dr Nadia Khedr said “A storage facility measures about 12 meters length by 4 meters width contains a number of pottery pots layered on top of one another and used as water drainage as it was familiar during the Saite period. As well as ovens remains which most likely was a part of copper melting workshop as parts of circular shaped copper alloys and parts of pottery blower used for melting process. #Egypt#Archaeology#egyptology
