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A Cambridge University archaeological expedition has discovered a small hoard of gold jewelery in the ancient Egyptian capital of Amarna in Upper (southern) Egypt, the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Monuments has announced. 

The gold and steatite (soapstone) necklace and three rings belonged to a young woman who was buried with the ornaments.

She was wrapped in textile and plant fiber material and laid in a small tomb along with several other people.

One of the rings depicts the god of the hearth, fertility and luck, Bess, and another with ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs reads "Woman of the Earth", adds BTA.

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient city buried in the sands of Luxor

The British-Egyptian team has been studying Amarna, also called Akhetaton, since 2010.

The city was the capital of Ancient Egypt during the time of Pharaoh Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) of the Eighteenth Dynasty, who went down in history as the first monotheistic ruler.

He carried out a religious reform, declaring Aten to be the only god. 

Studies of the amazing Amarna, where Akhenaten lived with his wife Nefertiti and son Tutankhamun, continue to change understandings of the development of human society.

The remains of the ancient city are one of the most significant archaeological sites from the pre-classical world. 

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