13,000 Broken Pieces, One City’s Story: What Athribis Just Revealed After Centuries

Archaeologists unearthed over 13,000 pottery shards at Athribis in Egypt. These fragments, known as ostraca, add to a collection now exceeding 40,000 pieces. This makes it one of the largest written archives from a single ancient Egyptian site. The shards reveal details of daily life, trade, education, religious practices, and astrological observations.