The Austrian Times is mentioning this new exciting find, by Austrian archaeologists, in Egypt. It is said to provide proof of contact between the ancient Egyptians and the Babylonians.
Austrian archaeologists have found a Babylonian seal in Egypt that confirms contact between the Babylonians and the Hyksos during the second millennium B.C.
Irene Forstner-Müller, the head of the Austrian Archaeological Institute’s (ÖAI) branch office in Cairo, said today (Thurs) the find had occurred at the site of the ancient town of Avaris near what is today the city of Tell el-Dab’a in the eastern Nile delta.
The Hyksos conquered Egypt and reigned there from 1640 to 1530 B.C.
She said a recently-discovered cuneiform tablet had led archaeologists to suspect there had been contact between the Babylonians and the Hyksos…
The report was here.
The picture here.
There is more on the Tell el-Dab’a site homepage here.
HT: Dr Jim West here.
