Researchers working at Tel Abu Saify, an archaeological site in Qantara East, near the eastern bank of the Suez Canal in Egypt, have uncovered new evidence linking the site to a lost city known as “Masen.” Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the finds on August 15, and the news was first reported in Ahram.

Mohamed Abdel Badie, head of the Egyptian Antiquities Sector at the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said the discoveries “provide further evidence of the site’s changing functions and its strategic importance.”