Through extensive research, study, and reading in ancient Egyptian history (for my "Papyrus Papers" program) that has lasted more than 13 years to date, many things have become clear to me. I will not discuss all these details, but rather one small aspect that may benefit some curious minds: "Are there Pharaonic relics in the Delta? Are there hidden treasures beneath the Delta's soil?"

Ancient Egyptian life thrived along the banks of the Nile River, where agriculture, pastoralism, and all the details of living were present. Egyptians built their homes in residential settlements according to their material wealth. The nobility, princes, and kings owned palaces, which were located on the outskirts, almost like private resorts away from public gathering places where ordinary people owned small mudbrick houses. These villages and cities were scattered from southern Egypt to the north with the same details.

The source of life in Egypt is the Nile River, and the annual floods that caused destruction to these details were recognized by the Egyptians. Consequently, they built their houses and palaces in locations somewhat distant from the river.

The floods were more prominent in the northern regions due to the flat terrain and the absence of mountainous or elevated plateaus. Thus, the water would flood the sides over vast areas.

The floods brought silt that accumulated over the years. This silt formed the Delta (most of the northern provinces between the branches of the Nile, which were more than two branches in ancient times).

Naturally, the silt accumulated with the floods, especially in the Delta. Thus, the silt buildup occurred significantly every year. There was no accumulation in the south, except for a short distance around the river's course, which became the agricultural and residential strip. Consequently, villages and cities in the north were lost, while those in the south remained.

The cities and villages of the north, which have accumulated silt from the Nile and were demolished or obscured by the flood year after year, is what inspired many observers to think that the ancient Egyptian civilization was always in the south and did not reach the delta but a little, which is a wrong statement.. But the correct statement is the presence of the same civilization in the north, but it was obscured over time and only a little remained away from the hands of the flood.. Or the flood reached it and left only a little silt on the edges.

If we contemplate the situation in the villages in our days, we would find the village streets rising year after year by one centimeter or more.. We see the entrances of houses disappearing with the rise of the streets, and this rise is one of the details of ordinary life, so what if the flood continued until today?

Let us assume that the ancient flood did not leave any silt every year except one centimeter only.. And let us not go back in history to the starting point, and we will not go back to seven thousand years.. But let us go back in history to one thousand years BC.. So the idea is that we go back in the depth of the past three thousand years.. And every year the flood leaves 1 cm, we have 3000 cm of silt, so we have an accumulation of silt of about 30 meters, which is equivalent to the height of a building of at least ten floors.

Can you imagine with me that under the delta land, there are ancient cities and villages buried at the depth of ten floors?!

This means that access to them is almost impossible..

The other thing.. is that if excavation and access to them were done.. What is the benefit?

Almost nothing.. Because these villages were small houses belonging to the poor and the general public who had only a little and were carrying some of it while they were migrating during the flood time.. Of course, their possessions, whatever they were at that time, represent value for us today.. But with a little insight.. These are things that are not equal to a small part of the efforts made to obtain them.. For example, you will not find royal tombs or princes, and you will not find artifacts of statues and gold scattered everywhere.. Their lives were like the lives of the general public today.. Just simple things for life and that's it..

When the flood came, it obliterated everything in front of it and only a few walls built of broken rocks stood.. As for the silt, it accumulated between them.. This means that if excavation was done, you will not find, as in the south, in the depths of the mountains far from the river.. You will not find tunnels, passages, and rooms to wander around and carry the treasures and return.. !!

Yes, the delta was crowded with the general public in ancient times.. But the return from the search is considered a true zero, unlike the rocky, desert, dry south that has not been exposed to the flood throughout history.. The ancestors knew this, so they built the tombs in the arms of the mountains or in the heart of the high mountains, which are the ones that preserve them for us to this day.

What has been found so far of ancient Egyptian antiquities on the maritime face is on its edges.. That is, the far edges that the flood can barely reach.. Or it arrived, but it was weak and minimal, so it obliterated or drowned them slightly, and they were also the homes of the general public and the poor.

Therefore, quite simply, the remaining ancient Egyptian antiquities were concentrated in the south over time, and only crumbs appeared in the north.

In addition to this, the civilizations that flourished in the north later, such as the Roman and Greek civilizations, came through the northern sea and settled before they dissolved into the fabric of the nation or some of their men left. Of course, those who settled and dissolved into the Egyptian fabric were the general public and the poor, while the rich left with their possessions or were defeated in wars and taken captive or killed and their wealth was taken.