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January 15th, 2015 
David Schulberg 
Archaeologists near the New Suez canal have made an important discovery as they unearthed the Middle Kingdom Al-Amir Wall, which was previously only known from ancient documents. Evidence of this ancient wall could be found only in some texts with very limited information. Some scholars speculated whether this wall did in fact exists.
According to Mohamed Abdel-Maqsoud, head of the development project of archaeological sites at the Suez Canal, the wall consists of a number of forts that are were constructed using mud bricks with defensive trenches and barricades put in place to prevent attacks on Egypt from it eastern gate.
According to Ahram Online, four of the forts discovered recently date to the 18th and 19th dynasties of the New Kingdom added Mohamed Abdel-Maqsoud, while the others are from the Hyksos reign but all have wave breakers to prevent water of the Pelusium Nile branch to leak inside during the flood and the water of the Mediterranean Sea, located at its northern side, in winter. In the vicinity of the wall, archaeologists have unearthed a harbor connecting the Pelusium Nile branch with the Mediterranean Sea.
“This harbor was not only a port for trade but a customs point as well,” said Abdel-Maqsoud.
The wall of Al-Amir was known from a papyrus that tells the story of the escape of Vizier Senouhi out of Egypt during the reign of King Amenemhat III. Accordign to the details written down on the papyrus, this ancient wall was a great obstacle during Senouhi’s flight out of Egypt because it was a huge and strong fortified structure.
In collaboration with the Ministry of Defense, said Minister of Antiquities Mamdouh Eldamaty, a panorama project like the one of Panorama October War on Al-Orouba street in Heliopolis, is to be established in an attempt to show Egypt’s military history in ancient times.
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