Ancient capital revealed

The 3500-year-old capital of Egypt's foreign occupiers has been revealed by archaeologists using radar imaging.

Egypt was ruled for a century from 1664-1569BC by the Hyksos, a warrior people from Asia, possibly Semitic in origin, whose summer capital was in the northern Delta area.

Irene Mueller, the head of the Austrian archaeological team, said the main purpose of the project was to determine how far the underground city extended.

The radar imaging showed the outlines of streets, houses and temples underneath the green farm fields and modern town of Tel al-Dabaa.