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Name Location
Map ref.
 Extent No. Notes Literature
Abadiya, K el- W of Damanhur 31 02 06N
30 25 26E
overbuilt
 380 Modern town on an ancient site. SoE 1:100,000 (1916).
Abariq, K el NW of Damanhur 31 05 00N
30 26 45E
destroyed
 288 There are two sites of this name close together, see 289. No trace found by S R Snape during a visit to the area in 1996. Only fields show on satellite imagery. -
Abariq, K el- NW of Damanhur 31 03 00N
30 28 00E
destroyed
 289 There are two sites of this name close together, see 288. Destroyed in the expansion of Damanhur. No trace found by S R Snape during a visit to the area in 1996. SoE 1:25,000 map sheet 92/555.
Abbassiya, T el SE of Tell Rak 30 50 58N
31 45 44E
123 x 100 x 1.5m
 593 Amsterdam University survey of 1984-5: partly levelled for agriculture and settlement. Sherds noted from OK and NK. The SCA list combines this site with T. Iswid (our 594) and gives coordinates between the two mounds. Details. SCA Sharqiya register 13120033. Brink, in MDAIK 43 (1986), 21: id., “The Amsterdam University Survey to the north-eastern Nile Delta (1984-1986)”, in Brink, Archaeology of the Nile Delta, 65-114.
Abbuda, K N of Abu Hummus 31 08 04N
30 20 39E
100 x 60 x 3m
(2005)
 372 Visited by Penny Wilson in 2005 and drill-cores taken.  Details and photos SCA Beheira register no. 100146, under name spelled "Abwereh". SoE 1:100,000 (1916). Wilson, P., The West Delta Regional Survey, Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces, 127-30, 353-5.
Abd, K el- SW of Abu Hummus 31 01 46N
30 12 39E
destroyed
 393 Satellite photographs (2007) show only a small villlage at this location with a small patch of free mound at the east end. SCA Beheira register no. 100115 (as Abied). SoE 1:100,000 (1916). See also 1882 1:200,000 SoE map (reproduced in Spencer, P., "Hogarth's 1895 Report to the EEF Committee", Studies in Ancient Egypt in Honour of H.S. Smith (London 1999), 310, fig.3.
Abdu Basha 6km SE of Kafr ed Dauwar 31 04 54N
30 09 20E
overbuilt
 621 This is a mound overbuilt by the village of Ezbet Abdu Pasha. SoE 1:100,000 (1916). SCA Beheira register no. 100147. 
Abiad, El K el- NW of K el-Hisn 30 48 47N
30 33 15E
levelled
 22 Satellite images of this location (2007), show a levelled tell in the field pattern. To view in Google Earth, click the logo  -
Abiad, T el- 6km SE of Husseiniya 30 48 18N
31 57 00E
100 x 100 x 1m
 540 Amsterdam University survey 1984-5: Up to 1975 the site covered 10 feddans, but since erased except for a long narrow strip used as a path between the fields. Details SCA Sharqiya register 13060028. SoE 1:25,000 series, 89/705; Brink, MDAIK 43 (1986), 7ff., 21, 23.
Abqaein, T el- 5km SE of Hosh Isa 30 53 00N
30 19 40E
500 x 350m
 297 In 1903, was a double mound, each 150m diameter and 6m maximum height. Blocks of Ramesses II. Liverpool University concession 1995- Details SCA Beheira register no. 100216 (position incorrect on SCA map). PM IV, 50. Daressy, ASAE 5 (1905), 129-30; Habachi, ASAE 52 (1954), 482-4; Bernand, Delta Grecs, 1, pt.4, 1043-4. S. Thomas, in MDAIK 56 (2000), 371-6.
Abu Adma, K E of Fuwa 31 17 40N
30 36 20E
destroyed
 236 SCA inspectors from Tanta told J Spencer in 1990 this site has been levelled. Contours on the ESA 1996 map show the former location. Satellite images (2007), show tell traces and the outline of a levelled mound in the field pattern. ESA 1996 1:50,000 map NH36-M2c, near near Ez. Tuwaybna.
Abu Aggur, K S of Abu Hummus 30 58 16N
30 20 51E
200 x 180m
(2006)
 436 A mound reduced to a square shape by advancing fields, shows on satellite imagery. Crossed by tracks, clear of buildings. There is another reduced mound 850m to the NNW with a few houses on it. To view in Google Earth, click the logo  SCA Beheira register no. 100104. SoE 1:100,000 (1916).
Abu Akim, T
(Ziraah 8 Bahr el-Baqar)		 E of Husseiniya 30 50 48N
32 05 07E
part levelled
 211 Reduced to a rectangular patch of wasteland, cut by canals and partly levelled to cultivation. Listed by the SCA under the name 'Zaraa 8 Bahr el-Baqar'. SCA Sharqiya register 13060051, as 'Ziraah 8 Bahr el-Baqar'. Indicated on Plan 4 in Bietak, Tell ed-Daba, II.
Abu Ali 15km SE of Hosh Isa 30 50 05N
30 25 21E
much reduced
 629 Shown on the SoE 1:100,000 (1916) map as a large mound on what was then desert. There  remain only two small mounds, one at the coordinates indicated; the other at 30 49 53N 30 25 43E. SCA Beheira register no. 100232.
Abu Atya - - - - See Abu Ismail (387). SCA Beheira register no. 100105.
Abu Aziz, T 5km NW of Avaris 30 50 20N
31 48 35E
levelled
 567 Amsterdam University survey of 1984-5 reported the extent as 500 x 150m and 2..5m high. No clear features or datable sherds. Since levelled completely to cultivation. SoE 1:25,000 series, 90/690; Brink, MDAIK43 (1986), 7ff., 22; Indicated on Plan 4 in Bietak, Tell ed-Daba, II.
Abu Billo, K 4km NW of Zawiyet Razin 30 25 44N
30 49 03E
1000 x 700m
 729 A sandy mound, cut in two by a canal. Site of ancient Terenuthis. Built features show on satellite imagery, especially on the part east of the canal. Details SoE 1:100,000 (1916).
Abu Daoud, T 12km NNW of Kafr Saqr 30 54 43N
31 34 27E
110 x 60 x 3m, part levelled
 572 Archaic site. Noted by Chlodnicki and Fattovich in 1992 as destroyed by modern settlement. Early Dynastic and OK sherds noted by Amsterdam University survey, 1985. Satellite imagery shows a mound covered by a modern cemetery within the town. SCA Unregistered site no. 130009. SoE 1:25,000 series, 90/675; Brink, in Krzyzaniak et al., Studies in African Archaeology, 4, 279ff.; id., MDAIK 43 (1986), 7-31; id., “The Amsterdam University Survey to the north-eastern Nile Delta (1984-1986)”, in Brink, Archaeology of the Nile Delta, 65-114. See Chlodnicki and Fattovich, in CRIPEL 14 (1992), 50.
Abu Dimein, K S of Kafr ed-Dauwar 30 57 53N
30 05 50E
levelled
 408 Satellite imagery (2007) shows only a scant trace of this mound, immediately next to Kom Mitabbish (EES no. 409). SoE 1:100,000 (1916).
Abu Eid (Heit), T Near Simbellawein 30 45 10N
31 21 30E
destroyed
 495 Map co-ordinates approximate. Originally three mounds with Roman material but these have been levelled and overbuilt. Details Koms à Sebakh: 11; Foucart, in ASAE 2 (1901), 71-3; Friedman and Buck,  forthcoming.
Abu el Afrita el Kebir, T SW of Abu Hummus 30 56 26N
30 14 31E
210 x 150m (2006)
 424 Flat around the edges, with a high core covered by cross-tracks. Modern tombs on the south part, with a few houses further south. SCA Beheira register no. 100214. SoE 1:100,000 (1916); ESA 1996 1:50,000 map NH36-I4c.
Abu el Afrita es Saghir, T SW of Abu Hummus 30 56 26N
30 14 17E
120 x 50m
(2006)
 419 This site shows as a small mound remnant among cultivated fields on satellite images. It lies about 350m west of T Abu el-Afrita el-Kebir. SCA Beheira register no. 100213. SoE 1:100,000 (1916). 
Abu el Filus, T - - - - see Rushdi, Ezbet (580) -
Abu el Gheraniq S of Kafr ed-Dauwar 31 02 47N
30 10 18E
overbuilt
 694 A levelled mound with houses on the NW part and a modern cemetery on the SE. SCA Beheira register no. 100102. Marked on the SoE 1:100,000 (1916) map under the name K. el-Magayir (but different from any of the three sites of this name  in the SCA list).
Abu el Gudur, T S of Kafr ed-Dauwar 30 55 31N
30 08 30E
300 x 250 x 3m (2002)
 406 Visited by Penny Wilson for the Delta Survey in 2004. Low and sandy, used for industry.
Details and photos		 SCA Beheira register no. 100212. SoE 1:100,000 (1916).; ESA 1996 1:50,000 map NH36-I4c. P Spencer, in Studies on Ancient Egypt in Honour of H S Smith (EES 1999), 306, 310-11.
Abu el Humar el Kebir, K S of Damanhur 30 56 21N
30 28 41E
280 x 300m (2003)
 292 Included in area of Coulson and Leonard Naukratis survey. Visited by Neal Spencer in 2003. This mound is now known simply as Kom Abu Humar. Details SCA Beheira register no. 100126. Shown on map by Coulson, in Brink, Archaeology of the Nile Delta, 260. See Wilson, P. and Spencer, N., “Ancient sites of Beheira and Kafr es-Sheikh”, in EA 24 (Spring 2004), 10-11.
Abu el Humar es Saghir, K S of Damanhur 30 55 39N
30 29 01E
destroyed
 293 A square patch of land with a modern cemetery at this location may be a remnant of the site. -
Abu el Ida, K  S of Kafr ed-Dauwar 30 56 24N
30 05 02E
100 x 70m in 1996
 403 Now (2004) only an area of raised land, overbuilt by a town. Details SCA Beheira register no. 100230. SoE 1:100,000 (1916); 1996 ESA 1:50,000 map, sheet NH36-I4c. P Spencer, in Studies on Ancient Egypt in Honour of H S Smith (EES 1999), 306, 310-11.
Abu el Liban, T - - - - see Habrash, T (550) -
Abu el Matamir, K W of Hosh Isa 30 54 50N
30 10 10E
overbuilt
 454 Overbuilt by the town of same name. In the north-west part of the town is a large modern cemetery on a mound. SoE 1:100,000 (1916); ESA 1996 1:50,000 map NH36-I4c.
Abu el Rus, T 7km SE of Faqus 30 43 00N
31 52 30E
destroyed
 538 Included in Amsterdam University survey, 1984-5. Levelled c.1970. Few human bones and limestone chips noted in fields, with Saite and possibly also some Ptolemaic sherds. Formerly covered 4 feddans, now lies on the south edge of a town. SoE 1:25,000 series, 88/690; Indicated on Plan 4 in Bietak, Tell ed-Daba, II. Brink, MDAIK 43 (1986), 20. 
Abu el Sobh, T 6.5km N of Faqus 30 48 30N
31 48 55E
250 x 150 x 0.6m
 532 Amsterdam University survey 1984-5 reported site had been levelled c. 1950 and covered by an orchard. Three limestone blocks and one of granite on the site in 1984-5 suggest some monumental building. Romano-Coptic sherds.  SoE 1:25,000 series, 89/690; Brink, MDAIK 43 (1986), 7ff., 21. Formerly called Tell el-Safra. 
Abu ez-Zarazir, T S of Damanhur 30 51 44N
30 26 57E
destroyed
 445 Satellite imagery shows a water-filled (?) crater where a mound has been dug out at the NW edge of the village. More of the site is probably under the houses. SCA Beheira register no. 100201. SoE 1:100,000 (1916). On sketch map by Coulson, in Brink, Archaeology of the Nile Delta, 260.
Abu Gereida, T E of Fariskur - - - See Sakharin, EES no. 329. -
Abu Hireiz, K S of Abu Hummus 30 55 42N
30 16 22E
small traces
 434 A remnant of a mound, cut square by advance of the fields, is visible of satellite imagery. There is another small mound at 30 55 40N 30 16 29E. SCA Beheira register no. 100231. SoE 1:100,000 (1916).
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