The relics of an Ancient Egyptian city dating back to the New Kingdom era have been unearthed in North Sinai.

A Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) expedition excavated the city as part of a project to unearth fortresses on the ancient Horus Road since 1986.

The Horus road was the vital commercial and military link between Egypt and Asia.

Mohamed Abdel-Maqsoud, Director of Lower Egypt Archeology Department, heads the archeologists' team.

SCA Secretary General Zahi Hawwas said a Thutmose II Cartouche was found as the first evidence of the King in Horus Road.

A fortress of mud-brick dating back to Ramsis II was also discovered.

Initial evidence suggests the fortress was the headquarters of the Egyptian army in the area since the New Kingdom era until the Ptolemy rule.

Abdel-Maqsoud said a temple of the new kingdom was discovered in the area.

Great Pharaohs such as Ahmose, Thotmose III, Seti I, Ramsis II, Merenptah and Hormoheb trod the road in defense of the eastern borders.