Archaeological Sites of the Nile Delta: Page 7
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| Name | Location |
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Extent | No. | Notes | Literature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dabbura, T | NE of Kafr es-Sheikh | 31 10 42N
31 01 45E |
|
93 | No trace of any mound is visible on satellite imagery, which shows only cultivated fields. | - |
| Dafana, T | E of Husseiniya | 30 51 29N
32 10 45E |
|
212 | Ancient Daphnae. Site of a temple-town established by Psamtik I, with later Ptolemaic settlement. Details and photos. | Petrie and Griffith, Tanis II, Nebesheh and Defenneh. For additional bibliography see the Details page. |
| Dahab, K | 500m SE of K Firin | 30 51 35N
30 29 51E |
(2007) |
591 | Brief description by American Naukratis Project of late 1970s - early 80s. Sketch-map and some ceramic drawings published. Seemed to be Roman, 2nd -4thC AD. | SCA Beheira register no. 100229 lists a Kadweh el-Zahab in this location - probably the same site. Coulson, COD, I. Naukratis, 73-7 and figs.37-39. |
| Dahab, K ed- | Lake Menzala, 10km S of Damietta | 31 18 50N
31 49 54E |
(2007) |
321 | Mound completely encircled by high reeds in Lake Menzala. Intact but difficult of access. Roman Period. | SCA Daqahliya - Dameitta register no. 050105. SoE 1:100,000, 1916; RT 20, 167;ASAE 2, 63-4; ESA 1996 map NH36-N1d. |
| Dahab, K ed- | S edge of Lake Edku, 2km east of Terfayah, 12 km north of Kafr ed-Dawar | 31 13 57N
30 08 58E |
|
635 | Inspected and mapped by Penny Wilson in 2004-5. This small circular mound is located in the fish farms of ‘Lake’ Edku. Details and photos | SCA Beheira register no. 100158, as Kom
ed-Dahab (iii). See P. Wilson and J. Rowland in JEA 92 (2006), 3
[as K el-Tarfaya].
Mapped by Penny Wilson, 2005. |
| Dahab, K ed- | SW of Damanhur | 30 58 03N
30 19 39E |
(2004) |
302 | A substantial but low mound noted by S R Snape in 1996. Inspected by Penny Wilson in 2004. Details and photos. | SCA Beheira register no. 100157. SoE 1:100,000 (1916); 1:25,000 series map 91/540. |
| Dahab K el- | 5km WNW of El-Haddadi | 31 20 14N
30 44 18E |
|
461 | Visited and mapped in 2003 by Penny Wilson for the EES, and found to be partly covered by the cemetery of a village named Ezbet K el Dahab. | SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090170. Only a village on the SoE 1:100,000 map (1916). See Wilson, P. and Spencer, N., in EA24 (Spring 2004), 10-11; Wilson, P., The West Delta Regional Survey, Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces, 226-8. |
| Dahab, T ed- | S of Dikirnis | 30 58 57N
31 38 46E |
(2007) |
171 | A disturbed Roman mound, isolated in fields. Mound is elongated is shape. Potsherds and glass fragments on surface. Italian survey 1987. | SCA Daqahliya - Dameitta register no. 050208. SoE 1:25,000 series, 91/675; Chlodnicki and Fattovich in CRIPEL 14 (1992), 45-53; id., in Brink, NDIT, 171ff with map on p.173. |
| Damalun, T el- | Edge of Menzala, S of Damietta | 31 17 10N
31 47 27E |
(2007) |
476 | Also pronounced locally as 'Dabalun'. The site lies beside the El-Salam canal and consists of two low mounds linked by a narrow ridge. Clear of modern overbuilding. | SCA Daqahliya - Dameitta register no. 050108. SoE 1:100,000 (1916) map; ESA 1:50,000 (1996) map NH36-N1d. |
| Damis, K | SE shore of Lake Burullos | 31 22 25N
30 33 52E |
|
463 | Satellite imagery (2007) shows a village here, possibly built on the flattened remains of the mound. | On SoE 1:50,000 (1909) map as "Halaqi Kom Damis", but without indication of any mound. |
| Dandahur, T el- | N coast, E of Burullos | 31 29 03N
31 12 41E |
(2007) |
131 | Also called Landahur. Visible on satellite imagery as a long, narrow mound. | SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090159 (as Landahowr). |
| Dawafar, T el- | In Lake Burullos | 31 33 00N
31 01 00E |
|
552 | Nothing is visible on satellite imagery of this location. | SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090129 |
| Deibi, K | 12km N of Fuwa | 31 18 47N
30 30 47E |
|
625 | Visited by Penny Wilson in 2004, who found the site completely overbuilt but still quite elevated. Details and photos. | SoE 1:100,000 (1916). SCA Beheira register no. 100177. Wilson, P., The West Delta Regional Survey, Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces, 188-9, 411-14. |
| Deibi, K | N of Damanhur | 31 05 45N
30 29 08E |
|
700 | A tiny mound which may be this site is visible on satellite imagery (2006) of this location. | SCA Beheira register no. 100159. |
| Deir el Hamra, T ed- | E of Simbellawein | 30 57 25N
31 41 50E |
|
169 | Italian survey 1987. Ptolemaic to Roman. Site levelled to fields at the edge of a village. Some Late Roman pottery. | SCA Sharqiya register 13190052. SoE 1:25,000 series, 91/675; Chlodnicki and Fattovich in CRIPEL 14 (1992), 45-53. See id., Bull. GIECE 13, 25. On map in Brink, NDIT, 173. |
| Deir el Hamra, T ed- (ii) | 3km WNW of San el Hagar | 30 59 06N
31 50 49E |
|
684 | Large area in the cultivation owned by SCA, adjacent to Tell Umm el-Lahm (N) [162] and the area site Tell Umm el-Lahm (ii) [488]. | SCA Sharqiya register 13190109. |
| Deir, El- | NW of Shibin el Qanatir | 30 20 09N
31 16 25E |
|
722 | The modern town of El-Deir. | SCA Qalubiya register no. 070203. |
| Deir, T ed- | At New Damietta | 31 25 34N
31 41 40E |
|
150 | Visited 1997 by J and P Spencer. Sandy tell with buried red-brick structures of Late Roman - Coptic age. Details and photos. | SCA Daqahliya - Dameitta register no. 050109. Noted in EA 11 (1997), 28. |
| Derbi, K el- | 8km SE of Mansura | 31 00 03N
31 25 53E |
|
84 | Noted by Foucart in 1893, but no trace of antiquities even then. Satellite imagery (2006) shows a modern cemetery within a village on a low mound here. | Appears on SoE 1916 1:100,000 map. Foucart,
in ASAE 2, 46, 74.
ESA 1996 map NH36-I4c (as a village only). |
| Desie Kanayis | NE of Damanhur | 31 08 17N
30 32 33E |
|
705 | Location from SCA map. A small village on a levelled and reduced mound. | SCA Beheira register no. 100138. |
| Diab, T | E of Simbellawein | 30 57 12N
31 41 55E |
|
347 | Italian survey 1987-8: A Roman site. Now a square patch of land of 100x 100m overbuilt by a small village is all that remains (20007). | SoE 1:25,000 series, 91/675; Chlodnicki and Fattovich in CRIPEL 14 (1992), 45-53. On map in Brink, NDIT, 173. |
| Diarb Nigm | N of Zagazig | 30 45 06N
31 26 12E |
|
70 | Part of the original mound, measuring 200 x 130m, is still clear on the S side of the town, but much more must be overbuilt. | - |
| Diba, T ed- | SW of Zagazig | 30 31 20N
31 25 15E |
|
61 | Satellite imagery (2007) shows only a medium-size settlement at this location. | - |
| Diba, T ed- | E of Husseiniya | 30 52 50N
32 03 50E |
|
209 | Only fairly new cultivated fields show on 2007 satellite images of this location. | - |
| Diba, T ed- | E of Simbellawein | 30 51 30N
31 35 20E |
|
336 | Italian survey 1987-8: Archaic to OK pottery. Fields at N of village, itself on a mound with a large cemetery mound within the village. | SoE 1:25,000 series, 90/660; Chlodnicki and Fattovich in CRIPEL 14 (1992), 45-53; id., in Brink NDIT, 173; and Bull. GIECE 13, 24. |
| Dibgu, K | E of Tanis | 30 58 07N
31 59 30E |
(2007) |
168 | Satellite imagery (2007) shows a remnant of a mound, possibly part fn the edge of a larger site levelled to fields. Also known as Ezbet Fadl. | - |
| Dibgu, T | E of Tanis | 31 00 34N
31 58 45E |
(2001) |
167 | The mound has a high central part surrounded by extensive low and sandy areas, particularly wide at the west. The surface is covered with fired bricks, ceramic slag and fragments of glass. Details and photos. | SCA Sharqiya register 13060110. SoE 1:100,000 (1916) map, also ESA 1:50,0000 (1996) map. |
| Difshu, K | 4km N of Kafr ed Dauwar | 31 10 05N
30 07 31E |
|
624 | A high mound mostly covered by a modern
cemetery belonging to the nearby villages of Ezbet Mohammed ed Din and
Zinzu.
Details and photos. |
SCA Beheira register no. 100176.
SoE 1:100,000 (1916). ESA 1:50,000 map NH36-M1a (1996). P.Wilson and J. Rowland in JEA 92 (2006), 3. New map of site by Penny Wilson, 2005. |
| Dilingat, K | 10 km SW of Naukratis | 30 49 22N
30 32 39E |
(2007) |
21 | Noted by American Naukratis project. SCA excavations in 1980s. with Roman burials found. Details | SCA Beheira register no. 100256. Coulson, COD, I. Naukratis, 86. On sketch map by Coulson, in Brink, Archaeology of the Nile Delta, 260. |
| Dima, K | NW of Mansura | 31 09 34N
31 18 47E |
|
85 | Not shown at all on ESA 1996 map NH36-I4c. A small sandy mound, cut down to a rectangular shape, set in fields is visible on satellite imagery (2007). | - |
| Dimeis, K | W of Damanhur | 31 01 45N
30 22 00E |
|
301 | A modern town on an ancient site, with a modern cemetery at the east end. | SCA Beheira register no. 100186-87. Shown on SoE 1916 map as a double mound, K Dimeis es-Sharqi and el-Gharbi. SoE 1:100,000 (1916). |
| Dimeiyin, El- | 4.5km NE of Dahtamun | 30 42 00N
31 44 50E |
75 x 75 x 2.8m(N) |
565 | Amsterdam University survey 1984. Only two small mounds remain N and S of the village of El-Dimeiyin, which is built on the levelled centre of the tell. Both covered by modern graves. Roman sherds on N mound. | SoE 1:25,000 series, 88/675; Brink, MDAIK 43 (1986), 7ff. See PM IV, 10. |
| Dinshal, K | SE of Damanhur | 30 58 15N
30 32 07E |
(2007) |
12 | The 1916 SoE map shows a large mound just NW of Dinshal town: this has now all been levelled apart from a small remnant covered by a modern cemetery. | SoE 1:100,000 (1916). SCA Beheira register no. 100252 (location too far south on SCA map). |
| Dirdir, T el- | NW of Awlad Musa | 30 48 30N
31 43 55E |
|
563 | Amsterdam University survey 1984. Site of a former tell of 8 feddans. Totally vanished. OK sherds collected from fields. | SCA Unregistered site no. 130010. SoE 1:25,000 series, 89/675; Brink, MDAIK 43 (1986), 7ff; id., “The Amsterdam University Survey to the north-eastern Nile Delta (1984-1986)”, in Brink Archaeology of the Nile Delta, 65-114. |
| Disheimi, K | Lake Burullos | 31 25 00N
30 40 17E |
(2007) |
240 | On SoE 1916 map but not marked on ESA 1996 map NH36-M2c (Entire island not shown). Now stands in marsh on the edge of the lake. | SoE 1:100,000 (1916). SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090148. |
| Dosha, K ed- | Gireis, Ashmun district | 30 18 32N
30 55 52E |
|
305 | Description given by Daressy in 1912 as a low mound, bordered by palms and fields. Inspected by Joanne Rowland, 2006, who noted fired bricks but no remains of a mound. Details | Daressy, ASAE 12, 174-91. |
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