| Name | Location |
|
Extent | No. | Notes | Literature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beni Tamin, T | near T el-Yahudiya | 30 19 50N
31 20 00E |
|
54 | Entirely overbuilt by a town. | - |
| Berimbal | Near Dikirnis | 31 09 43N
31 43 56E |
|
478 | Shown only as a town on the SoE 1:100,000 map (1916). A small cemetery in the west side of the town is elevated 8m above the cultivation. | Foucart, ASAE 2 (1901), 71; SoE 1:100,000 map (1916). |
| Bey, T el | SW of Husseiniya | 30 49 40N
31 52 00E |
|
597 | Listed by Amsterdam University survey of 1984-5: Saite, Ptolemaic and Roman sherds noted. Now a village and cultivated fields. | Brink, in MDAIK 43 (1986), 22. |
| Bilgai | Near Mansura | 30 58 32N
31 23 30E |
|
518 | Small site 4km NW of Baqliya, with Coptic material. Stela of Rameses II (Cairo) from site, attributed to Baqliya by Habachi. Area now cultivated. | Bietak, Tell ed-Daba, II; PM IV:40; Gardiner, ZÄS 1, 49-57; see also LA 1, 813. |
| Billa, T | 5 km SSW of Dikirnis | 31 03 25N
31 34 50E |
|
156 | Also known as Tell Tebilla. Ancient Onuphis or Phernouphis. Formerly a large tell with a mass of ruins within a ruined enclosure wall, but considerably reduced in size and partly overbuilt by a water-treatment plant. Investigated by an expedition from the University of Toronto since 1999. Details | SCA Daqahliya - Dameitta register no. 050205. |
| Bishara, T | 10km NE of Husseiniya | 30 55 19N
31 59 28E |
total area |
650 | A patchwork of mound remnants exists among the cultivated fields at this location, scattered over an area of 600 x 400m. | SCA Sharqiya register 13060018. |
| Bilshasha, K el- (Hawaga) | NW of Kafr es-Sheikh | 31 09 00N
30 50 55E |
|
|
DAI 1983 survey under the name of Kom el Hawaga [Khawaga]. East part under a modern cemetery, the west cut by a brick factory. Pottery collected was all Roman to Byzantine. Levelled to fields by 1990. | P. Ballet and T. von der Way, MDAIK 49 (1993), 18-20, Fig.9, nos.59-62. |
| Biltus, K | 2.4km NW of Zawiyet Razin | 30 25 36N
30 50 04E |
(2004) |
|
A low mound, clear of modern structures, lying in cultivated land just west of the Rosetta branch of the Nile. | SoE 1:100,000 map (1916). |
| Birka, K el- | NW of Biyala | 31 15 35N
31 05 15E |
|
103 | Satellite imagery (2007) shows this area divided into basins for fish-farms. A square patch of land marked out for conversion to basins is all that remains of the site. | - |
| Birka, K el- | S of Kafr ed-Dauwar | 31 05 16N
30 05 22E |
|
361 | About 100m long in 1916. Now overbuilt by a village and a cemetery. The shape of the original mound can be seen in satellite images of 2007. A part at the north has been levelled. | SCA Beheira register no. 100152 (location inexact?). SoE 1:100,000 (1916). ESA 1:50,000 map (1996), sheet NH36-M1a. |
| Birkawi, El- | 15km WSW of Bilbeis | 30 22 59N
31 23 08E |
|
673 | A small village built over a levelled mound. A few parts of the mound are visible between the houses. NK, LP and GR sherds noted. | SCA Sharqiya register 13160094. |
| Birket Kheir, T | SW of Abu Hummus | 30 56 06N
30 12 58E |
|
420 | A flattened mound occupied by a village.
It has been cut by an irrigation canal from east to west. The shape of
the former mound shows in satellite imagery of 2007. It was once 420 x
200m. To view in Google Earth, click the logo  |
SoE 1:100,000 (1916). |
| Bishat Qayid | 6km NE of Zagazig | 30 38 17N
31 32 22E |
|
677 | A village built on an ancient mound. | SCA Sharqiya register 13030002. |
| Bisintawi, K | NW of Damanhur | 31 07 47N
30 21 29E |
|
333 | The once extensive mound here with many Roman baths and conduits has been levelled for agriculture. Inspected by Penny Wilson for the Delta Survey, 2005. Details | SCA Beheira register no. 100124. Bernand, Delta d'apres les textes grecs, 467-8. Wilson, P., The West Delta Regional Survey, Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces, 131-3. |
| Biteita, K | NE of Kafr es-Sheikh | 31 09 07N
31 01 21E |
|
90 | A rectangular patch of clear land shows on satellite imagery at this location, probably the remnants of the mound. There is a cluster on houses on its south-west edge. | - |
| Bituris, K | SW of Abu Hummus | 30 58 39N
30 13 40E |
(2007) |
428 | Very small area shown on ESA 1996 map NH36-I4c, by Ezba Salim Fudayli. Satellite imagery shows the low mound covered by a modern cemetery. | SoE 1:100,000 (1916).; ESA 1996 map NH36-I4c. |
| Bukhseikha, T el- | Island in Menzala | 31 25 06N
31 55 43E |
|
151 | Now in reclaimed land east of Damietta. | - |
| Bunduq, K | NW of Tida | 31 18 31N
30 48 59E |
(2007) |
283 | An almost circular low mound set in the
cultivation, clear of structures and tracks. To view in Google Earth, click
the logo |
SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090113 |
| Burashiya, T el- | 8 km N of El-Qurdi | 31 14 31N
31 45 22E |
(2007) |
320 | Perhaps same as Kom el-Hartein of RT 20, 167 and ASAE 2, 63. Excavations in 1996 by Chief Inspector Atef Abu el-Dahap revealed Late Roman mud-brick and fired-brick buildings. NW corner of site covered by modern cemetery. Details | SCA Daqahliya - Dameitta register no. 050107. On SoE 1:100,000 (1916) map. See also Moh Shata “Damietta as a Gateway to Egypt in Ancient and Modern Times”, in Abstracts of the Eighth ICE Cairo 2000, 167-8. |
| Bus, K el- | S of Abu Hummus | 30 59 54N
30 16 25E |
(2005) |
431 | Visited by Penny Wilson in 2005. The village and cemetery are situated on the mound. Details | SoE 1:100,000 (1916). The SCA Beheira register lists a site of this name but marks it further west, as no. 100108. Either an error in placement or a different site entirely. |
| Bus, T el-
(Tahun) |
W of Tanis | 30 58 27N
31 49 11E |
|
163 | Italian survey 1987-8: was unable to locate this site. It has been entirely levelled to agriculture, but there may be remains under the fields. Adjacent to T. Umm el Lahm (ii). A large area of land is owned by the SCA. | SCA Sharqiya register 13190107, under name T.at-Tahun. Chlodnicki and Fattovich in CRIPEL 14 (1992), 50. |
| Busa, K el- | N of Kafr es-Sheikh | 31 15 15N
30 54 00E |
|
271 | SCA told J Spencer in 1990 the site had been excavated and then levelled. | - |
| Buta, K el- | S of Hosh Isa | 30 53 20N
30 17 33E |
|
450 | Two small villages may be founded on the remnants of a mound at this location. | SoE 1:100,000 (1916). |
| Buweib, T | E of Dikirnis | 31 04 44N
31 45 57E |
(2007) |
160 | A large mound, flat at the edges with
a high area in middle remaining. Outlying mound remnants in the fields
for some 600m to the east suggest that the site was once much larger. To
view in Google Earth, click the logo |
SCA Daqahliya - Dameitta register no. 050202. Bietak, Tell ed-Daba, II, map 4 |
| Daba K ed- | S of Shibin el-Kom | 30 28 03N
31 01 50E |
|
46 | Former location of a large mound, visited by EES survey of 2005, led by J. Rowland. This is a built up environment with surrounding cultivated land and it lies directly on the river. No pottery was observed. | - |
| Daba, K ed- | N of Biyala | 31 13 21N
31 14 56E |
|
111 | Satellite imagery shows a mound still exists up to 3m in height in the middle of cultivated fields. It is clear of any modern structures and is crossed by a track from west to east. | SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090127 |
| Daba, K ed- | Central N coast | 31 25 33N
31 27 22E |
(2007) |
141 | Satellite imagery (2007) shows a cluster of mounds in the process of being levelled. | - |
| Daba, K ed- | 4km N of Damanhur | 31 04 31N
30 26 12E |
|
379 | Satellite imagery (2007) shows only cultivated fields. | SoE 1:100,000 (1916). Apparently not the same as SCA Beheira register no. 100159 (Tell ed-Diebeh, EES 700), which is located further NE on the SCA map. |
| Daba, K el- | ENE of Tida | 31 15 53N
30 54 56E |
|
269 | Visited by J and P Spencer 1990: Large tell, deeply cut for sebakh. Details and photos. | SoE 1:25,000 series, 95/600; Hogarth JHS 24 (1904), 16; Spencer, SA 14 (1992), 536. SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090128. |
| Daba el-Bahari, K el | 24km NW of Damanhur | 31 12 06N
30 18 23E |
(2007) |
612 | This is a small mound, encroached upon at the sides by agriculture. Surveyed by Penny Wilson in 2004-5. Details and photos. | SCA Beheira register no. 100113. See P.
Wilson and J. Rowland in JEA 92 (2006), 9.
Mapped (with Daba el Qibli, site 613) by Penny Wilson, 2005. |
| Daba el-Qibli, K el | 23km NW of Damanhur | 31 11 52N
30 18 24E |
|
613 | This is a low hillock, lying S of Kom el-Daba el-Bahari and at its highest point above the surrounding fields about 8m high. Visited by Penny Wilson in 2004. Details and photos. | SCA Beheira register no. 100114. See P.
Wilson and J. Rowland in JEA 92 (2006), 9.
See the map for Daba el-Bahari (612).- link in previous entry. |
| Daba, T | SE of Dikirnis | 30 57 22N
31 38 25E |
(1987) |
172 | Formerly known as Tell Qanan. Visited by J and P Spencer 1990: large low mound behind village of Ezbet es-Shurafa. SCA excavations of OK burials. Details and photos. | SCA Daqahliya - Dameitta register no. 050201. SoE 1:25,000 series, 91/675. Chlodnicki, in Bull. GIECE 13, 23-5. More references on detail page. |
| Daba, T ed- | N of Buto (4) | 31 14 02N
30 46 07E |
(2007) |
332 | A low mound covered with red pottery and
fired bricks. The north and east sides cut by lagoons for fish-farming.
Clear of modern structures. To view in Google EarthTM,
click the logo |
SoE 1:25,000 series, 94/585; Spencer, SA 14 (1992), 536. SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090105. |
| Daba, T ed- | N of Faqus | 30 47 11N
31 49 23E |
(2007) |
494 | Major site not part of this survey
Ancient Avaris. Major long-term excavations by the Austrian Institute. Information is readily available elsewhere. |
SCA Sharqiya register 13120049. Much bibliography published by the Austrian Archaeological Institute. See the website www.auaris.at/ and also the reports in volumes of Ägypten und Levante. |
| Daba, T el- | near Tida | 31 15 05N
30 51 39E |
|
277 | DAI test 1983: Ptolemaic-Roman only: MDAIK 40, 323f. Founded on silt. Visited by J and P Spencer 1990: extensive mound. Details | SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090104. SoE 1:25,000 series, 94/585; See Spencer, SA 14 (1992), 536. Wilson, P., The West Delta Regional Survey, Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces, 256-7. |
| Dababa, K | Just NW of Kafr es-Sheikh | 31 08 25N
30 55 06E |
|
9 | Thie position of the site on old maps would suggest that it has been overbuilt by the village at these coordinates. The oval cemetery in the village may mark a remnant of a mound. Alternatively, there is an extant mound of 300m length just about 1km to the west, at 31 08 00N 30 54 40E. | SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090164.
SoE 1:100,000 map (1916). |