Delta Survey

Introduction

A British Academy Research Project

Information on the archaeological sites of the Delta is presented here in the form web-pages containing an alphabetical listing of sites. Where a substantial amount of information is available, or photographs of the site exist, links are provided to supplementary pages. The site-names in most cases are those of the Survey of Egypt maps. The material is offered as a source of reference and a tool for the planning of new projects.  The letters 'T' and 'K' in the lists stand for 'Tell' and 'Kom' respectively, Arabic words for 'mound', describing the usual appearance of archaeological sites in the region.

We would recommend viewing this area of the website on a desktop computer. 

You may also be interested to visit the separate Western Delta Regional Survey on Durham University's website here: http://community.dur.ac.uk/penelope.wilson/Delta/Survey.html 

Delta Reports

Delta Reports is a journal dedicated to the publication of archaeology, geography, history and heritage relevant to the Nile Delta. The first volume Delta Reports 1 Research in Lower Egypt was published in 2009 and edited by Donald Redford. The series has been restarted with a full editorial board and will be published by Archaeopress. Each edition will be published when a sufficient number of papers have been prepared, so there is a rolling deadline.

The publication aims to make fieldwork reports from the North of Egypt (including Alexandria, Wadi Tumilat, Wadi Natrun and North Sinai) available soon after the fieldwork has been completed. Each volume would contain about 10-15 reports from fieldwork, in order to make the material immediately accessible to other archaeologists and interested parties. There is no limit on time-period and historical and heritage material will also be accepted. The volumes will be edited by the editorial board and another academic reviewer. Reports would be published in English or Arabic and all reports would have an English/Arabic abstract.

If you are interested in sending us a paper, please do contact the email address below.

All correspondence and submissions should be made to: [email protected] 

 

About

About the survey

The Delta Survey started as a personal project of Dr Jeffrey Spencer, plotting on a map of the Delta the locations of as many ancient mounds as could be identified, either from published sources or from personal visits. In 1997 the project was adopted by the Egypt Exploration Society and has since been published on our website. The online records of sites are continuously updated as new information becomes available and to date over 700 Delta tells are listed and described.

The EES Delta Survey aims to record as much information as possible on ancient sites in the Nile Delta which are under threat from encroaching agriculture and the demands of an ever-increasing population. In 2007 the Delta Survey was adopted by the British Academy as an ‘approved project’ and has also been presented in GoogleEarth.

Development of the Delta Survey

This reference collection of archaeological sites in the Egyptian Nile Delta was adopted by the  Society in 1997. It was accepted as a British Academy Research Project in 2007. The original core of the information was collected by Jeffrey Spencer over many years, later supplemented with contributions from others, acknowleged below. The purpose of the Society's Delta Survey was to assess the current condition of the lesser-known archaeological sites in Lower Egypt, initially by visual inspection, and to combine the results with information from published and unpublished sources. Well-known sites and those which have been the subject of extensive excavation are not considered a priority for this project since they are well-documented in other sources of reference. They have been simply listed without extensive comment, with linked pages of bibliography.Many archaeological sites in the Delta were noted in the early days of Egyptology. They appear on the map of the Déscription de L'Egypte and numerous editions of maps produced at various scales by the Egyptian Government Survey of Egypt. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, brief reports on inspections of sites for the Service des Antiquités were published, particularly by Foucart, Daressy and Edgar. New maps of the Delta were produced by the Egyptian Government Survey Authority in 1996 at a scale of 1:50,000, although the actual surveying was done in 1992-3. They have value in showing the changes brought about through development, particularly many new asphalt roads, although these maps are also now well out of date. Also shown are the regions of drained marshland in which sites have been lost, especially around the edges of the coastal lakes where land has been converted for fish-farming. Sites are indicated as white areas, but not named so consistently as on older Survey of Egypt maps. Errors in place names have been noted on the 1996 maps and a few tells which are known to exist are not marked at all. Verification through on-site visits is still necessary for many locations, but the increasing availability of high resolution satellite photography has provided another valuable resource, particularly accessible through Google Earth ©. The addition of an option to view not only the most recent images but also historic ones has been an important improvement, especially for the Survey, allowing the changing condition (usually progressive disappearance) of an archaeological site to be monitored. Users of the EES Delta Survey webpages may note that all the direct links to Google Earth have been removed (as of July 2016), because the constant updating of satellite imagery means that the links were not going to the most appropriate image, but to the most recent one. So if it is wished to view satellite images of any site, simply type the latitude and longitude coordinates into Google Earth. The presentation of a selected group of sites in Google Earth, with associated notes and photographs, has been retained and may be accessed from the start page of the Delta Survey. Another valuable resource for information on the earlier condition of sites is the imagery from the U.S CORONA programme of the 1960s, now owned by the U.S. Geological Survey and made available by the Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, University of Arkansas, in the Corona Atlas of the Middle East.

Since the EES survey was initiated the Egyptian Government has established the Egyptian Antiquities Information System for site documentation (http://www.eais.org.eg/), which is intended to become a Department of the Supreme Council for Antiquities (SCA) from late 2007. At present their data is strong on site location and property boundaries but archaeological information is being added. The EES survey is sharing its data with the EAIS. The first major publication of the EAIS, edited by Neguib Amin, The Historical Sites of Egypt, Volume 1, Ash-Sharqiyyah Governorate, appeared in 2006 and includes material collected by the EES. The SCA has also produced through CultNat a set of four colour brochures for the Delta with site reference numbers and rough maps.

There have been two elements to the work of the Survey. The first stage of fieldwork consists of visits to record the present condition of sites in the region, which mounds still remain and which have been levelled to agriculture or overbuilt. Details being recorded include the extent of the sites, surface features, the date of any surface pottery, occurrence of stone blocks and the degree of recent attrition. The second stage is a follow-up visit to more promising sites for full mapping surveys or geophysical investigation. On the basis of these, a few sites have been chosen for limited excavation. The following colleagues have been generous in providing information: Manfred Bietak, Edwin van den Brink, Renée Friedman, François Leclère, Christopher Kirby, Karla Kroeper, Marie-Dominique Nenna, Joanne Rowland, Steven Snape, Neal Spencer and Penelope Wilson. The staff of the Supreme Council for Antiquities have been most helpful in facilitating visits to various sites, and we wish to thank particularly Mohamed Abdel Fattah, Mohamed Abdel Maksud, Sabri Abdel-Aziz Khater, Ibrahim Soliman, Atef Abu Dahap and Mohamed Kamal Ibrahim.

Presentation of the Delta Survey

The EES have undergone a redevelopoment of our digital platforms, including this website. We have removed some data as there is an upcoming publication of the data collected by the Delta Survey by Dr Jeffrey Spencer. However, if you would like to view the data as presented on our previous website, please click here

Sites by SCA Numbers

List of sites by SCA Reference Numbers

Governorate
SCA Number
Site Name (EES)
EES No.
Position
Name variants / Comments
  130001 Abu Sandur     On SCA Unregistered list.
130002 Beni Helal    
130003 Kafr Mohamed Ahmed    
Sharqiya 130004 Samuni, T 541 30 40 48N 31 44 30E On SCA Unregistered list (under name Dummiyin).
130005 Raiya, T 185 30 50 45N 31 49 40E On SCA Unregistered list (Rayyah).
130006 Mirdas, T 536 30 38 35N 31 41 53E On SCA Unregistered list.
130007 Sheikh Add er Raziq, T     On SCA Unregistered list.
130008 Ein, T el- 345 30 52 00N 31 39 05E On SCA Unregistered list (spelling, Ayn).
130009 Abu Daoud 572 30 54 43N 31 34 27E On SCA Unregistered list.
130010 Dirdir, T el- 563 30 48 30N 31 43 55E
130011 Mohamed Abu Hasan 574 30 49 08N 31 40 35E
130012 Khasna, T el- 561 30 44 30N 31 39 47E
130013 Umm el-Zaiyat, T 344 30 52 45N 31 39 09E
130014 number not used?      
130015 Beni Amr     On SCA Unregistered list.
130016 Fauziya, T 557 30 45 15N 31 35 04E
130017 Abbasa, T el-    
Daqahliya - Damietta 50101 Balamun, T el- 148 31 15 31N 31 34 17E  
50102 Ahmar, El K el- 716 31 24 26N 31 32 34E  
50103 Gassa, T el- 474 31 22 08N 31 50 43E  
50104 Zawya, T ez- 475 31 17 22N 31 50 18E  
50105 Dahab, K ed- 321 31 18 50N 31 49 54E  
50106 Niqeiza, K 132 31 27 57N 31 15 27E  
50107 Burashiya, T el- 320 31 14 31N 31 45 22E  
50108 Damalun, T el- 476 31 17 10N 31 47 27E  
50109 Deir, T ed- 150 31 25 34N 31 41 40E  
50110 Arab, T el- 155 31 14 54N 31 45 55E  
50111 Ghuzz, T el- 154 31 15 05N 31 45 39E  
50112 Mahgara, T el- 715 31 24 30N 31 34 33E  
50113 Shatta, T 717 31 24 52N 31 51 19E  
50114 Halbouny, T el- 147 31 17 43N 31 30 54E The original T. el-Hagar. Marked incorrectly 050113 on SCA map
50115 Yetwal wa Yuksur, K 307 31 14 44N 31 19 02E The former T. Kurdud. Marked erroneously 050114 on SCA map
50116 Abu Gereida 703 31 19 12N 31 46 06E Same as Tell Sakharin
50117 Hamamat, K el- 139 31 26 35N 31 29 04E Marked erroneously 050116 on SCA map
50201 Daba, T 172 30 57 22N 31 38 25E SCA list does not use numbers 050118 to 050200
50202 Buweib, T 160 31 04 44N 31 45 57E  
50203 Ibn Salam, K 325 31 10 45N 32 05 00E  
50204 Kebir, T el- 318 31 12 16N 31 46 01E  
50205 Billa, T 156 31 03 25N 31 34 50E  
50206 Balsun, T 322 31 08 28N 31 46 08E Salib
50207 Thufiya, T el- 170 30 59 14N 31 38 43E  
50208 Dahab, T ed- 171 30 58 38N 31 38 59E  
50301 Minshat Ezzat 504 30 48 54N 31 31 14E SCA list does not use numbers 05209 to 050300
50302 Ahmar, El T el- 80 30 57 16N 31 24 48E  
50303 Samara, T 175 30 55 16N 31 36 48E Location marked erroneously 050304 on SCA map
50304 Tanbul, T 72 30 51 05N 31 23 47E Location marked erroneously 050305 on SCA map
50305 Khirba, T el- 174 30 56 48N 31 37 22E Incorrectly marked 050306 on SCA map
50306 Ruba, T er- 178 30 57 30N 31 31 00E Marked erroneously 050307 on SCA map
50307 Farkha, T el- 334 30 52 30N 31 36 05E Location marked erroneously 050308 on SCA map
50308 Lugga, T el- 335 30 51 57N 31 34 32E Incorrectly marked 050309 on SCA map
50309 Moqdam, T 66 30 41 04N 31 21 20E Location marked erroneously 050310 on SCA map
50310 Baqliya, T 79 30 56 55N 31 25 51E Location marked erroneously 050303 on SCA map
50311 Mit Yaish 64 30 37 12N 31 18 49E  
50312 Temai el Amdid 179 30 56 20N 31 31 00E  
50313 Dundit, T 507 30 41 04N 31 18 50E  
Qalubiya 70101 Belqas 634 30 10 33N 31 16 51E  
70102 Atrib, T 56 30 28 10N 31 11 00E  
70103 Mataleb, T el- 691 30 27 10N 31 14 12E  
70104 Sandanhor 692 30 24 09N 31 12 12E  
70105 Shablanga 693 30 28 19N 31 15 36E  
70106 Shaleqan 699 30 11 26N 31 09 33E  
70107 Tanan 703 30 14 35N 31 14 40E  
70108 Qalyub el Balad 718 30 10 36N 31 12 22E SCA spelling: Qalieb.
70109 Qaha 719 30 16 49N 31 12 21E  
70201 23 July El Merg 720 30 16 51N 31 18 47E The SCA list uses no numbers from 070110 to 070200
70202 Abu Zabal 721 30 16 44N 31 21 28E  
70203 El Deir 722 30 20 09N 31 16 25E  
70204 Semasem, T el- 723 30 11 14N 31 20 28E  
70205 Yahudiya, T el- 311 30 17 33N 31 19 51E  
70206 Khelwa Senhawa 724 30 16 23N 31 14 07E  
70207 Arab el Sawalah (Geheina) 725 30 17 56N 31 21 08E  
70208 Arab el Eliqat el Bahariya 726 30 17 35N 31 21 26E  
70209 Qaryeh Nawai 727 30 13 43N 31 15 52E Ahmar, El K el-
70210 Moshtoher 728 30 21 07N 31 13 48E  
Menufiya 80101 Umm Harb, T 63 30 35 52N 31 08 36E Mostai
80102 Manous, K 43 30 24 44N 30 51 06E Zawiyet Razin
80103 Sabak ed-Dahak 641 30 26 18N 31 04 12E  
80104 Sersana 640 30 35 47N 30 54 02E  
80105 Queisna 639 30 31 43N 31 10 14E  
80106 Menuf 59 30 27 48N 30 55 54E  
Gharbiya 80201 Sidi Zeid 15 30 58 30N 30 56 50E Abu Zeid
80202 Abusir Bana 77 30 54 42N 31 14 35E  
80203 Behbeit el-Hagar 83 31 01 40N 31 17 15E  
80204 Sammanud 76 30 57 32N 31 14 30E  
80205 Sa el Hagar 13 30 57 54N 30 46 06E  
080206 ? Matbul, Kafr 469 31 05 27N 31 02 30E Nemret El Basal = same site?
Kafr es-Sheikh 90101 Haddadi, K el- 284 31 20 00N 30 47 19E  
90102 Shagara, K esh- 109 31 13 27N 31 12 36E  
90103 Shahabya, El- 530 31 34 57N 31 08 51E  
90104 Daba, T el- 277 31 15 05N 30 51 39E  
90105 Daba, T ed- 332 31 14 02N 30 46 07E  
90106 Atala el Khadra, K 246 31 39 37N 30 39 05E  
90107 Fuqa, K el- 254 31 22 07N 30 46 59E  
90108 Akhdar, El K el- 259 31 26 56N 30 49 54E  
90109 Qeid el Gahsh, K 256 31 22 21N 30 48 42E Kom el-Ahmar
90110 Ahmar, El K el- 99 31 12 43N 31 02 27E  
90111 Maiyita el Bahri, K 253 31 22 52N 30 46 08E  
90112 Ashar, T el- 128 31 34 27N 31 06 25E  
90113 Bunduq, K 283 31 18 31N 30 48 59E  
90114 Tibni, K el- 108 31 13 57N 31 12 27E Marked 4km too far north on SCA map?
90115 Tin, K el- 122 31 21 55N 31 01 12E  
90116 Garad, K el- 264 31 19 42N 30 54 02E  
90117 Garif, K el- 101 31 16 08N 31 04 12E  
90118 Gir, T el- 331 31 13 27N 30 46 29E  
90119 Hara, T el- 551 31 33 00N 31 01 35E  
90120 Khubbeiza, K el- 257 31 23 14N 30 49 54E  
90121 Khanziri, K el- 262 31 21 32N 30 55 46E  
90122 Khawaled, T 272 31 17 25N 30 51 41E  
90123 Ritabi, er- 258 31 24 25N 30 48 22E  
90124 Zila, K ez- 117 31 18 25N 31 07 18E  
90125 Sheikh Ibrahim, K 244 31 16 51N 30 45 06E  
90126 Sarahig, K el- 460 31 23 12N 30 42 13E  
90127 Daba, K ed- 111 31 13 21N 31 14 56E  
90128 Daba, K el- 269 31 15 53N 30 54 56E  
90129 Dawafar, T el- 552 31 34 21N 31 02 12E  
90130 Amya, T- 249 31 13 40N 30 38 07E  
90131 Adowel, T el- 556 31 34 34N 31 01 32E  
90132 Gamus, T el- 87 31 08 03N 31 08 44E  
90133 Ghawet, T el- 589 31 33 40N 31 04 35E  
90134 Farain, T el- 4 31 11 44N 30 44 32E N part of site as Kom ed Dahab, SCA no. 090171
90135 Filus, K el- 261 31 23 40N 30 56 07E  
90136 Qassabi, K el- 248 31 15 50N 30 39 53E  
90137 Kebir, El T el- 125 31 22 54N 31 09 37E  
90138 Mesk, T el- 600 31 17 10N 30 49 13E Masek
90139 Matyur, T 250 31 13 55N 30 39 08E  
90140 Masara, T el- 604 31 24 53N 31 04 11E Masarreh.
90141 Maqluba, T 455 31 31 47N 30 49 03E  
90142 Maqiebrat, T el- 519 31 30 30N 31 14 20E  
90143 Malah, K el- 106 31 15 07N 31 11 22E Tell Maleh
90144 Nashwein, K el- 263 31 21 17N 30 52 35E  
90145 Isawiya, Kiman el- 118 31 17 38N 31 05 34E Tashwein
90146 Nuss, K el- 123 31 21 40N 31 04 58E In wrong place on SCA map. Also called Nisf.
90147 Umm Gafar, K 100 31 14 41N 31 01 49E  
90148 Disheimi, K 240 31 25 00N 30 40 17E  
90149 Sakha 10 31 05 20N 30 57 04E  
90150 Sangar, T 599 31 29 57N 30 55 10E  
90151 Soweq el Gamaya, T 606 31 34 47N 30 59 13E Transposed with T. el-Adowel (090131), EES. 556 on SCA map
90152 Saieq, T 744 31 18 05N 31 03 53E Tell Saieq
90153 Sidi Salem, T 282 31 16 08N 30 49 32E  
90154 Sandala 470 31 09 20N 30 50 12E  
90155 Sefier, T 603 31 18 48N 31 10 48E  
90156 Alawi, K 241 31 21 09N 30 43 10E Aluwe; Alwi
90157 Ineizi, K el- 270 31 16 57N 30 53 51E  
90158 Kafri Abu Helal, T 605 31 30 57N 31 03 58E  
90159 Dandahur, T el- 131 31 29 03N 31 12 41E Landahowr
090160 and 090161 Mansur, T 121 31 20 20N 31 05 28E Mansur el-Kebir and Mansur el-Saghrier
90162 Nemra, T 601 31 17 34N 31 07 19E  
90163 Geziret ed Dakhla 260 31 26 29N 30 47 47E  
90164 Dababa, K 9 31 08 25N 30 55 06E  
90165 Atal es-Shinawy, T 242 31 21 22N 30 45 20E  
90166 Ganayin, K el- 98 31 13 00N 31 01 24E Farsh el Ganayin
90167 Qabrit, T 233 31 13 27N 30 35 57E  
90168 Sheikh Ismail, K el- 251 31 14 41N 30 42 09E K. Abu Ismail, Kom Ismail
90169 Khariba, K el- 268 31 19 37N 30 50 41E  
90170 Dahab K el- 461 31 20 14N 30 44 18E  
90171 Dahab (ii), K el- 4 see T el Farain North part of Tell el-Farain, SCA 090134, EES 004.
90172 Arab, K el- (Kafri) 243 31 19 00N 30 43 18E  
90173 Maqasaba, T 458 31 30 04N 30 44 29E Maqassabeh
90174 Quleia, K (Kafri) 245 31 17 11N 30 42 51E  
90175 Mutubis, T 234 31 17 12N 30 33 21E  
90176 Nagla, K 110 31 13 56N 31 14 13E  
90177 Mastoruh 501 31 29 09N 30 41 08E  
90178 Mashal 465 31 27 34N 30 34 10E  
Beheira 100101 Abu Ismail, K 387 31 00 55N 30 18 50E Position incorrect on SCA map, if the same site is intended.
100102 Abu el Gheranieq 694 30 03 21N 30 11 40E Marked as K el-Magayir on the SoE 1:100,000 map (1916)
100103 Abu Khalifa, K 388 31 01 06N 30 20 21E  
100104 Abu Aggur, K 436 30 58 50N 30 21 07E  
100105 Abu Atya   see Abu Ismail Position transposed on SCA map with SCA 100101 Abu Ismail?
100106 Abu Manga, K 394 31 00 03N 30 14 07E Abu Megna
100107 El Akhar 704 30 05 45N 31 23 32E  
100108 El Bus 431 30 59 54N 30 16 25E Position incorrect on SCA map, if the same site is intended.
100109 Geradat, El 644 31 04 27N 30 18 47E  
100110 Saba, K el- 696 31 05 04N 30 18 15E El-Sabeh (i)
100111 Saba, K el- 610 31 06 22N 30 21 44E El-Sabeh (ii)
100112 Shoka, K el- 441 30 59 18N 30 26 09E  
100113 Daba el-Bahari, K el 612 31 12 06N 30 18 23E  
100114 Daba el-Qibli, K el 613 31 11 52N 30 18 24E  
100115 Abd, K el- 393 31 01 51N 30 12 37E El-Abied
100116 Qarawi, El- 614 31 05 20N 30 20 34E  
100117 El Qaryeh 695 31 05 31N 30 12 05E Location from SCA map.
100118 Kayasir, T el- 390 31 01 34N 30 14 38E  
100119 Zawya, K ez- 381 31 03 05N 30 22 00E SCA lists under name Kom el-Ahmar (iii)
100120 Nuss el Kebir, K el- 286 31 09 43N 30 26 56E Kom el-Ahmar (ii)
100121 Medina, K el- 230 31 12 20N 30 25 16E  
100122 Nakhla el-Bahariya, K 374 31 08 43N 30 21 43E Location on SCA map is not identical
100123 Nefwa, El- 615 31 05 25N 30 12 28E  
100124 Bisintawi, K 333 31 07 47N 30 21 29E  
100125 Zebedya, K el- 616 31 02 45N 30 30 15E Beni Helal
100126 Abu el Humar el Kebir, K 292 30 56 21N 30 28 41E  
100127-128 Barnugi, El- 296 30 55 37N 30 23 11E  
100129 Khunfis, K el- 363 31 05 23N 30 08 19E Khanfes
100130 Sheikh Soliman, T 699 31 03 40N 30 13 45E  
100131 Ghasuli, K el- 362 31 05 51N 30 08 25E Gaswleh
100132 Kanayis, T el 376 31 11 44N 30 12 37E  
100133 Magayir (i), K el- 395 31 02 19N 30 07 46E  
100134 Magayir (ii), K el- 697 31 02 08N 30 08 42E  
Not Reg. Magayir (iv), K el- 753 30 02 42N 30 09 54E  
100135 Magayir (iii), K el- 698 30 02 12N 30 08 19E  
100136 Sherif Khalaf, T 636 31 08 27N 30 11 02E  
100137 Ganadi, K 617 31 07 02N 30 18 42E  
100138 Desie Kanaiyes 705 31 08 17N 30 32 33E  
100139 Saieda, K 378 31 05 50N 30 19 44E  
100140 Sidi Abd er-Raziq, K 437 30 59 41N 30 20 19E  
100141 Sidi Aqaba 618 31 15 14N 30 27 57E  
100142 Sidi Ghazi 619 31 02 45N 30 05 20E  
100143 Sidi Yusef 647 31 06 00N 30 14 59E  
100144 Sharan, K 620 31 02 00N 30 13 57E Transposed on SCA map with T. Ahad (392).
100145 Siheib, K 383 31 04 20N 30 18 15E  
100146 Abbuda, K 372 31 08 04N 30 20 39E Abwereh
100147 Abdu Basha 621 31 04 47N 30 09 17E  
100148 Kidweh el Banat 706 31 03 01N 30 12 08E  
100149 Rahmaniya, 622 31 09 48N 30 31 45E  
100150 Ahad, K el- 392 31 02 57N 30 12 54E Location on SCA map not correct?
100151 Aranib, K el- 439 30 57 03N 30 24 13E Araneb
100152 Birka, K el- 361 31 05 16N 30 05 22E Location inexact on SCA map
100153 Nasr, K el- 204 31 03 20N 30 10 30E former K. el-Baqar
100154 Giza, K el- 369 31 08 21N 30 11 34E Transposed with no. 100156 Kom el-Hamam (368) on SCA map
100155 Hagg, K el- 358 31 05 30N 30 00 09E Location on SCA map brochure differs from EES 358
100156 Hamam, K el- 368 31 08 17N 30 11 20E Transposed with Kom el-Giza (369) on SCA map
100157 Dahab, K ed- 302 30 58 03N 30 19 39E  
100158 Dahab, K ed- 635 31 13 57N 30 08 58E Kom ed-Dahab (iii)
100159 Deibi, K ed- 700 31 05 45N 30 29 08E  
100160 Zarqa, K ez- 25 30 46 13N 30 36 44E Kom el-Rezgeh, a misreading of the Arabic for Zarqa
100161 Tarfaya, K el- 224 31 14 08N 30 08 26E  
100162 Beida, K el- 355 31 09 18N 30 05 03E  
100163 Ilwani, K 438 30 57 27N 30 23 44E  
100164 Ghuraf, K el- 229 31 12 53N 30 25 05E  
100165 Qadi, K el- 396 31 04 31N 30 08 45E  
100166 Qanatir, K el- 385 31 02 33N 30 17 01E  
100167 Mahar, K el- 398 31 01 22N 30 03 34E The location shown on the SCA map differs
100168 Ahmar, K el- 1 31 10 42N 30 31 06E Kom el Nigili
100169 Nawam, K el- 611 31 04 47N 30 27 50E  
100170 Nuss el Saghir, K el- 285 31 10 30N 30 27 25E Kom el-Wast
100171 Bakrag, K 391 31 02 34N 30 14 15E  
100172 Galbat, K 707 31 01 59N 30 19 17E  
100173 Hasan (i), K 373 31 08 31N 30 21 30E  
100174 Hasan (ii), K 701 31 00 33N 30 13 06E  
100175 Khalig, K 429 30 59 32N 30 14 52E Khaleesh. The loc on the SCA map is off to the SE.
100176 Difshu, K 624 31 10 05N 30 07 31E  
100177 Deibi, K 625 31 18 47N 30 30 47E  
100178 Rizq, K 389 31 00 15N 30 18 49E  
100179 Sauwan, K es- 386 31 02 10N 30 15 50E Location on SCA map inexact
100180 Aziza, K 626 31 11 03N 30 19 48E Location on SCA map too far north
100181 Awad, K 637 31 06 32N 30 20 08E  
100182 Kawady, T 11 31 01 20N 30 36 37E The SCA lists the site as 'Kom Laqaneh'.
100183 Limsan, K 356 31 07 54N 30 01 11E  
100184 Mazin, K 627 31 11 40N 30 09 39E  
100185 Nagi, K 397 31 02 27N 30 06 52E Transposed with Kom el Giza (EES 369) on SCA map
100186-87 Dimeis, K 301 31 01 45N 30 22 00E  
100188 Meshelma 708 31 04 47N 30 11 36E Meshielmeh
100189 Hashem 642 31 12 05N 30 19 46E The SCA list uses no numbers from 100190 - 100200
100201 Abu ez-Zarazir, T 445 30 51 44N 30 26 57E  
100202 Tubul, K et- 446 30 51 23N 30 25 24E  
100203 Rumadniya, K el- 418 30 57 25N 30 12 46E  
100204 El Shahedi 709 30 54 00N 30 39 22E  
100205 Ahmar, El K el- 440 30 55 55N 30 26 40E  
100206 Ahmar (iv), K el- 712 30 52 44N 30 27 53E  
100207 Akhdar, K el- 433 30 57 56N 30 16 49E  
100208 Magadieb, El- 702 30 42 45N 30 40 55E  
100209 Mahharin, T el- 405 30 55 45N 30 06 09E El Magadier
100210 Mitabbish, T el- 409 30 57 56N 30 05 46E El-Matishe - Arabic error of ye for beth
100211 Bat el-Kom, T 523 30 54 50N 30 09 42E  
100212 Abu el Gudur, T 406 30 55 31N 30 08 30E  
100213 Abu el Afrita es Saghir, T 419 30 56 26N 31 14 17E  
100214 Abu el Afrita el Kebir, T 424 30 56 26N 30 14 31E  
100215 Abu Naama, T 404 30 55 59N 30 06 18E  
100216 Abqaein, T el- 297 30 53 00N 30 19 40E  
100217 Gill, K el- 628 30 59 23N 30 01 14E  
100218 Khirba, K el- 427 30 58 01N 30 14 54E  
100219 Rizimat, T el- 425 30 56 44N 30 15 07E  
100220 Saadiya, K es- 444 30 52 25N 30 26 26E Transposed with Shimuli, SCA 100243, EES 442, on SCA map
100221 Saieda, T el- 401 30 58 18N 30 04 36E  
100222 Qarinein, K el- 448 30 54 30N 30 15 58E  
100223 Qubur 399 30 58 50N 30 02 55E Maqiebowereh
100224 Umm el Laban, K 608 30 55 05N 30 25 39E  
100225 Khatimi, K el- 602 30 52 59N 30 22 20E  
100226 Sidi Goma, T 414 30 59 00N 30 10 42E  
100227 Ezbet el Safih 714 30 54 37N 29 56 40E Position from SCA map
100228 Fargala, K 411 30 58 38N 30 07 51E  
100229 Dahab, K 591 30 51 36N 30 29 52E Kadweh el-Zahab
100230 Abu el Ida, K 403 30 56 24N 30 05 02E  
100231 Abu Hireiz, K 434 30 55 40N 30 16 29E  
100232 Abu Ali 629 30 50 05N 30 25 21E  
100233 Barud, K el- 295 30 48 58N 30 29 46E  
100234 Baqar, K el- 298 30 53 14N 30 20 23E Kom el-Baqareh
100235 Tibn, K el- 426 30 56 58N 30 14 56E  
100236 Gebel, K el- 630 30 49 07N 30 26 14E  
100237 Hisn, K el- 24 30 47 42N 30 36 01E  
100238 Hanash, K el- 400 30 58 32N 30 03 09E Farag, K
100239 Haeh, K el- 713 30 46 18N 30 34 54E  
100240 Rekawyeh 711 30 49 39N 30 28 33E  
100241 Zalat, K el- 631 30 49 53N 30 23 56E  
100242 Saqya, K el- 416 30 57 01N 30 11 04E  
100243 Shimuli, K el- 442 30 52 19N 30 25 59E Transposed with SCA 10020, EES 444 on SCA map
100244 Sheikh Said Ahmed, K 632 30 50 46N 30 27 10E  
100245 Sabiya, K es- 407 30 57 13N 30 08 14E  
100246 Ashrin, K 633 30 49 41N 30 25 00E  
100247 Ghuzz, K el- 609 30 53 30N 30 27 08E  
100248 Qadah, K el- 413 30 59 20N 30 10 18E  
100249 Madbuh, K 412 30 59 46N 30 08 55E  
100250 Nigili, K el- 451 30 53 51N 30 13 35E  
100251 Turuga, K 303 30 57 47N 30 10 28E  
100252 Dinshal, K 12 30 58 17N 30 32 12E  
100253 Geif, K 17 30 53 50N 30 35 33E  
100254 Hamrit, K 638 30 52 14N 30 26 29E  
100255 Waq, T el- 423 30 55 21N 30 14 28E Kom Daoud in SCA list.
100256 Dilingat, K 21 30 49 22N 30 32 39E  
100257 Behaira, K el- 449 30 53 24N 30 18 25E The SCA map uses the name Kom Zekri
100258 Radwan, K 421 30 55 42N 30 12 49E  
100259 Kom Sauwan, T 452 30 52 56N 30 12 25E The SCA location is too far south
100260 Firin, K 294 30 51 52N 30 29 17E  
100261 Qinas, K 417 30 57 11N 30 12 29E Location on SCA map not exact
100262 Kortas, K 16 30 52 37N 30 31 43E  
100263 Qamha, K 710 30 49 55N 30 28 46E Qamheh
Sharqiya 13030001 Kafr Gomaa 676 30 33 21N 31 27 36E  
13030002 Bishat Qayid 677 30 38 17N 31 32 22E  
13030007 Basta 220 30 34 10N 31 31 00E  
13040065 Saft el Henna 217 30 33 10N 31 36 30E  
13040085 Shaqafiya, T el- 548 30 31 14N 31 47 07E  
13040090 Suwa 327 30 31 52N 31 36 57E  
13040091 Muftah, T 553 30 38 10N 31 40 15E  
13040092 Arab el Sheikh Mubarak 586 30 38 17N 31 41 24E  
13040099 Ruq Salim 112 30 34 27N 31 40 42E  
13050067 Gindiya, T el- 354 30 42 15N 31 44 28E Shillu
13050071 Sanyura, T el- 678 30 49 23N 31 43 17E  
13050073 Qalaa, El- 679 30 45 44N 31 42 16E Mantiqat al-Qalah
13050074 Maghud, T el- 353 30 40 03N 31 44 19E Farashah
13050075 Sheikh Said , T es- 680 30 39 25N 30 40 23E  
13050076 Tubgi, El- 681 30 40 13N 31 40 00E  
13050077 Hagga, T el- 555 30 44 57N 31 37 40E Kafr an Nusiri
13050081 Aghnamiya, El- 682 30 39 27N 31 42 05E  
13050082 Horbeit 195 30 44 02N 31 37 05E  
13050084 Abu Yasin 194 30 42 32N 31 37 45E  
13050087 Minshat Radwan 683 30 46 55N 31 41 15E  
13050093 Tukh el Qaramus 196 30 40 54N 31 38 27E  
13050101 Mashala, T el- 577 30 49 18N 31 42 48E  
13050103 Shuhada, T el- 585 30 41 44N 31 42 59E  
13060008 Umm Atala, T 548 30 52 56N 31 56 57E  
13060009 Sami, T 623 30 56 21N 31 57 41E  
13060010 San el Hagar 166 30 58 30N 31 53 00E  
13060011 Umm el Hagar, T 202 30 53 36N 32 05 49E Zaraah 3 Bahr el-Baqar
13060012 Gumah, T 648 30 59 07N 31 53 30E  
13060013 T el Ahmar 190 30 49 03N 31 56 20E  
13060015 Ezbet Fadil el Zawahriya, T 649 30 58 07N 31 59 30E Same as Tell Dibgu 168
13060016 Sanhur, T 197 30 57 54N 32 00 59E  
13060017 Minshat Abu Omar 222 30 54 43N 32 01 27E Includes T Saba Banaat
13060018 Bishara, T 650 30 55 19N 31 59 28E  
13060019 Behaim, T el- 651 30 58 50N 32 03 19E  
13060020 Tamlikh, T 207 30 53 28N 32 00 24E  
13060021 Ginn. T el- 203 30 55 10N 31 03 00E  
13060022 Mashakhsa, T el- 210 30 52 18N 32 04 08E Ziraah 2 Bahr el-Baqar
13060023 Bakarsha, T 652 30 56 39N 31 52 17E  
13060025 Zinein, T 208 30 52 29N 32 01 17E  
13060026 Ihteita, T (Sahil) 188 30 50 17N 31 52 31E Athar Hititah, Sahil
13060028 Abiad, T el- 540 30 48 18N 31 57 00E  
13060029 Umm el Lahm (N), T 162 30 59 17N 31 51 15E  
13060032 Gumaiyima, T 186 30 53 35N 31 53 14E  
13060037 Amd, T 200 30 56 38N 32 05 58E Soweida
13060038 Madain, T el- 653 30 59 44N 32 08 13E  
13060039 Ruhban, T er- 654 30 59 07N 32 06 51E  
13060040 Faranah, T el- 655 30 58 26N 32 05 35E  
13060041 Zuwelen, T 324 30 56 01N 31 53 29E Sueilin
13060042 Firan, T el- 656 30 52 54N 32 03 18E  
13060043 Farun, T 187 30 51 36N 31 54 38E  
13060044 Aznin, T 689 30 53 42N 31 57 36E  
13060051 Abu Akim, T 211 30 50 48N 32 05 07E Ziraah 8 Bahr el-Baqar
13060094 El-Birkawi 673 30 22 59N 31 23 08E Under SCA consideration.
13060098 Masudiya, T el- 657 30 59 24N 31 56 54E T. al Mas'udiyyah
13060104 Munaga, T el- 658 30 51 50N 32 01 47E  
13060105 Umm el Lahm (S), T 165 30 58 09N 31 50 09E Abu Arideh
13060110 Dibgu, T 167 31 00 34N 31 58 45E  
13080003 Salamant 663 30 22 15N 31 25 08E  
13080004 Shagamba 330 30 26 57N 31 31 20E  
13080078 Awlad Daoud, T 664 30 21 47N 31 24 14E  
13080100 Gheyta 218 30 22 55N 31 31 46E SCA uses the name Tell el-Yahudiya.
13100079 Kafr Abdu 665 30 47 14N 31 30 14E  
13100089 Baramkin 497 30 47 13N 31 27 52E Mantiqat Birmakin
13100095 Hagres, T 67 30 43 15N 31 23 51E Kafr el Ukl
13120014 Tawila, Gezira el- 537 30 39 43N 31 44 02E  
13120024 Umm Agram, T 568 30 51 57N 31 48 21E T.Abu Sharaf.
13120027 Ibrahim Awad, T 535 30 50 58N 31 49 48E  
13120030 Ghazali, T el- 666 30 48 30N 31 48 37E  
13120031 Al-Qitah 8   30 48 00N 31 48 32E "Piece 8", See EES record for Ezbet Helmi.
13120033 Abbassiya, T el 593 30 50 57N 31 45 44E SCA 13120033 serves for two sites, 593, 594.
13120033 Iswid, T el (S) 594 30 51 12N 31 45 58E T. al-Abbasiyyah
13120034 Umm Arbein, Gez. 315 30 49 30N 31 46 30E Mantiqat an-Nawafah
13120035 Shuwan, T el- 570 30 53 00N 31 49 21E Athar es-Shun
13120036 Hilayla, T el- 539 30 43 59N 31 53 42E Akyad el Qibliyyah
13120045 Qantir 192 30 47 56N 31 50 09E  
13120046 Al-Qitah 9, 10, 11   30 47 45N 31 48 39E "Pieces 9, 10, 11", See EES record for Ezbet Helmi.
13120047 Iswid, T el (N) 184 30 52 18N 31 46 35E  
13120049 Daba. T ed- 494 30 47 11N 31 49 23E  
13120050 Geziret Sineita 566 30 49 16N 31 48 04E Sunaytah
13130053 Gindiya, T 182 30 51 22N 31 40 09E Ginidiyya, Ginidba
13130054 Akhdar, El T el- 183 30 50 52N 31 44 01E  
13130055 Natura, T 670 30 48 56N 31 38 36E Naturah
13130056 Quraga, T 671 30 49 36N 31 44 34E Quragah
13130057 Sultan el Khadr, T 343 30 53 32N 31 38 10E  
13130059 Abu Umran, T 595 30 51 27N 31 42 15E  
13130061 Gherier, T 575 30 51 01N 31 41 10E Gharir
13130062 Barriya, T el- 558 30 47 01N 31 39 02E Buha; Kafr Mohamed Khalil
13130063 Umm Ugilah, T 672 30 46 23N 31 37 44E  
13130072 Gabbara, T 685 30 49 08N 31 43 46E  
13130088 Mara, T el- 493 30 50 44N 31 42 09E Murrah
13140005 Shalshalamun 674 30 29 32N 31 22 53E  
13140006 Qaraqrah, T el- 675 30 32 24N 31 24 39E  
13140096 Athar es Saadiyyin 687 30 27 46N 31 21 37E  
13140097 Kafr ed Deir 686 30 34 07N 31 21 41E  
13150064 Giridli, T el- 667 30 38 25N 31 39 14E  
13150069 Alaqma, El- 531 30 37 30N 31 37 56E  
13150080 Ahmar, T el- 668 30 38 39N 31 37 09E  
13150086 Mahmudiya, El- 669 30 39 56N 31 30 09E  
13160094 Birkawi, El- 673 30 22 59N 31 23 08E On SCA Unregistered list.
13170066 Kalalba Area 659 30 42 15N 31 31 58E Mantiqat al Kalalbah
13170068 Habash, T el- 660 30 45 26N 31 34 20E  
13170070 Tawahin Ikrash Area 661 30 46 22N 31 31 47E Mantiqat Tawahin Ikrash
13170106 Fagi, T el- 588 30 45 31N 31 36 11E SCA location includes Kufr Nigm, EES 193.
13190048 Abu Mitawi, Gezira 598 30 53 10N 31 47 20E Tell el Aswad
13190052 Deir el Hamra, T ed- 169 30 57 24N 31 41 52E  
13190058 Qinan, T el- 164 30 57 49N 31 47 48E  
13190060 Abu Husa, T 350 30 55 56N 31 43 27E  
13190083 Raghib, T 662 30 57 49N 31 48 42E  
13190102 Faras, T el- 351 30 53 55N 31 42 14E  
13190107 Bus, T el- 163 30 58 47N 31 49 19E Tell at-Tahun
13190108 Umm el Lahm (ii), T 488 30 58 01N 31 50 04E  
13190109 Deir el Hamra, T ed- (ii) 684 30 59 06N 31 50 49E  
Sites on Google Earth

Google Earth

The satellite imagery available through Google EarthTM is a valuable resource for archaeological research. The program is free to download from their website. Use the Latitude and Longitude coordinates for the archaeological sites included in the EES Delta Survey in Google EarthTM and the viewer will take you to that location. A few areas of the Delta are at present only photographed at low resolution, but the majority is available in good-quality images. These show the present size of the sites, their surroundings, areas lost to cultivation or other development and any ancient or modern buildings.

A selection of characteristic sites has been grouped for presentation as a Google EarthTM project, showing their distribution and present condition.

Note: The file for download from the link below is in compressed format (zip). Double-click to decompress and extract the file within, which is a KMZ file. Drag this to the Google Earth window to open the presentation.

Click here to download the data (you must have Google Earth installed in order to view it). 

 

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Conference & Workshop

Delta Survey Conference and Workshop

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Delegates attending the fifth Delta Survey Workshop at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in 2017

The Delta Survey Conference and Workshop is a biannual event bringing together researchers working in the Egyptian Delta. It is supported by the EES Delta Survey project and run in collaboration with a host institution and always in partnership with the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.

Next Conference and Workshop

The 9th Delta Survey Conference and Workshop will be held in Cairo in 2025.

We are grateful for the support and collaboration of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and the British Academy through the Delta Survey Special Project of the Egypt Exploration Society for supporting the Conference and Workshops.

Previous events

The first Delta Survey Workshop was held on 26 March 2009 at the British Council in Cairo. Click here to read a report on the papers given and the lively discussions which ensued.

Following the success of the first Workshop in Cairo a second was arranged for 2011, this time lasting two days (31 March - 1 April). Read the programme and abstracts here.

A Delta Survey Study-Day was held on 19 November 2011 in Berlin and a trip for EES members was organised to coincide with it.

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Professor Dr Mamdouh Eldamaty with Professor Manfred Bietak at the Delta Survey study day held in Berlin in 2011. 

On 22-23 March 2013 the third Delta Survey Workshop was held in Cairo and, following several requests for the papers to be made available, it was agreed that participants should be invited to send material which would be prepared for publication and uploaded online. Click here to read more about the research presented

The fourth Workshop was held in Cairo in March 2015. 

On 6 June 2015, the EES held a Delta Discoveries seminar event in London brining together its own archaeological projects in the Delta to discuss their latest work and collaborations. 

The fifth Delta Survey Workshop was held on 6-7 April 2017 at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. For two full days, more than 150 scholars gathered to discuss the most recent archaeological discoveries in this region of Egypt. Read more about this Workshop here.

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The Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Prof Ismail Serageldin, opens the 5th Delta Survey Workshop. Next to him (L-R) are Dr Mohamed Kenawi, Director of the Centre for Hellenic Studies in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Dr Hisham el-Leithy, Director of the Documentation Centre Ministry of Antiquities, and Dr Cédric Gobeil, Director of the Egypt Exploration Society.

In 2019, the sixth Delta Survey Workshop was hosted by the University of Mansoura on 11-13 April. 

The seventh Delta Survey Conference and Workshop was held on 30th September and 1st October 2021 on Zoom during the global pandemic. This year, the event focused on work conducted in the Delta between 2019 and 2021. 

The eighth Delta Survey Conference and Workshop was hosted by Ain Shams University, Cairo on 18th-20th March 2023.