Archaeological Sites of the Nile Delta: Page 8
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| Name | Location |
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Extent | No. | Notes | Literature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dukhan, T ed- | E of Baltim | 31 30 50N
31 12 00E |
|
130 | On SoE 1:100,000 1916 map, but lacking from ESA 1996 map NH36-M6a. Only cultivated fields show on satellite imagery of 2007. | SoE 1:100,000 (1916). |
| Dummiyin, T el- | - | - | - | - | See Samuni (541) | SCA Sharqiya register 130004. |
| Dundit, T | Near Mit Ghamr | 30 41 04N
31 18 50E |
|
507 | Also known as Tell el-Shehid, this site lies on the east side of Dundit village and is probably a trace of the same site as T. Sheikh Nasreddin. Details and photo. | SCA Daqahliya - Dameitta register no. 050313. See Foucart ASAE 2 (1901), 75; Edgar ASAE 13 (1913), 122. |
| Dush, T ed- | S of Mansura | 30 55 44N
31 24 00E |
|
81 | Maybe the same as T el-Sebakha, mentioned in ASAE 13, 184. Used by the military. | - |
| Duweichat | At Duweichat town
Kafr es-Sheikh |
31 13 40N
31 49 07E |
|
583 | DAI 1983 survey found modern cemetery above the SE quarter of the site, with brick factories on the west part. Three sherds noted, two Roman amphora necks and part of a Coptic vessel. | P. Ballet & T. von der Way, MDAIK 49 (1993), 18 and Fig. 8, no. 57. Leclant and Clerc, Or. 69 (2000), 225. |
| Ein, T el- | E of Simbellawein | 30 52 00N
31 39 05E |
|
345 | Italian survey 1987-8: some Predynastic, ED and OK sherds found. On the map in Brink, NDIT, the location has been transposed with T Umm Zaiyat. | SCA Unregistered site no.130008. SoE 1:25,000 series, 90/675; Chlodnicki and Fattovich in CRIPEL 14 (1992), 45-53; id., map in Brink, NDIT, 173. Also Brink, in MDAIK 43 (1986), 21. See Bull. GIECE 13, 24. |
| Emran, T | E of Kafr es-Sheikh | 31 06 59N
31 00 54E |
(2007) |
91 | A small residual mound, overbuilt by a village shows on satellite imagery of 2007. | - |
| Esh, K el- | NE of Fuwa | 31 20 30N
30 41 58E |
|
464 | Appears on SoE 1916 map and also on ESA 1996 map. The later map shows Islamic graves on top. | SoE 1:100,000 (1916); ESA 1996 map NH36-M2c. |
| Ezbet es Safih | S of Alexandria | 30 54 37N
29 56 40E |
|
714 | A village on a rectangular patch of land in an area reclaimed for cultivation, possibly on a levelled ancient mound. | SCA Beheira register no. 100227. |
| Ezbet el Jizawi | SE of El Abqaein | 30 51 36N
30 23 53E |
(2002) |
731 | An extensive low mound, cut at the NE by lagoons for fish-farms. Some Roman ceramics noted by J. Trampier in 2007, who also notes the length of the mound at 105m, indicating a drastic loss since 2002. | Unregistered. |
| Ezbet el Naggar | N of Kom Firin | 30 52 33N
30 29 43E |
|
732 | Visited by J. Trampier in 2007. A small mound covered by a modern cemetery. Traces of ancient brick walls. Roman and medieval pottery. | Unregistered. |
| Ezbet Fadil el Zawahriya, T | 9km E of San el Hagar | 30 58 01N
31 59 02E |
|
649 | The site is now all cultivated fields. | SCA Sharqiya register 13060015. |
| Ezbet et Tell | - | - | - | - | see Kufur Nigm | - |
| Ezbet Helmi | 800m W of Avaris | 30 47 20N
31 48 48E |
|
579 | Formerly called Tell el-Qirqafa. Major excavations by Austrian Archaeological Institute. Details. | SoE 1:25,000 series, 89/690. Much bibliography - see publications of Austrian Archaeological Institute. |
| Fadadna, El- | 2km WNW of Faqus | 30 44 23N
31 45 16E |
|
505 | Included in Amsterdam University survey and noted as being overbuilt by a modern cemetery. Third Intermediate Period sherds collected. | Brink, MDAIK 43 (1986), 7ff. |
| Fagi, T | near Kafr Saqr | 30 45 31N
31 36 11E |
(2006) |
588 | The south mound at Kufr Nigm. Amsterdam University Survey of 1984-5 noted Early Dynastic sherds. Site part levelled to agriculture with remainder at high risk. | SCA Sharqiya register 13170106. Brink, in MDAIK 43 (1986), 20, 23. |
| Farain, T el- | NE of Desuq | 31 11 44N
30 44 32E |
|
4 | Major site not part of this survey
Ancient Buto. |
SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090134, with northern part as Kom ed Dahab (ii), no. 090171. SoE 1:100,000 (1916); ESA 1996 map NH36-M2a. Click here for bibliography: Farain |
| Farag, K el- | - | - | - | - | see Hanash (400) | - |
| Faranah, T el- | 10km NE of Minshat Abu Omar | 30 58 26N
32 05 35E |
(2005) |
655 | Remains of a mound, cut to a triangular shape by the advance of agriculture and fish farm lagoons. | SCA Sharqiya register 13060040. |
| Faras, T el- | - | - | - | - | See Geziret el-Faras (351) | - |
| Farasha, T | - | - | - | - | see Maghud (353) | - |
| Fargala, K | S of Kafr ed-Dauwar | 30 58 38N
30 07 51E |
|
411 | Reduced to a small area of flat land with a few modern buildings on it. | SCA Beheira register no. 100228. SoE 1:100,000 (1916). |
| Farkha, T el- | E of Simbellawein, at Ghazala | 30 52 30N
31 36 05E |
(2006) |
334 | Worked by Italian CSRL-Venice mission (Fattovich) 1988-9 and since by an expedition of the Jagiellonian University and Poznan Archaeological Museum. Four levels from Late Predynastic to early OK. Details | SCA Daqahliya - Dameitta register no. 050307 (location marked erroneously as 050308 on SCA map). SoE 1:25,000 series, 90/660. |
| Farshut, K | S of Abu Hummus | 31 03 08N
30 18 09E |
|
384 | Site overbuilt by a town and a modern cemetery. | SoE 1:100,000 (1916). |
| Farun, T | at Husseiniya | 30 51 36N
31 54 38E |
|
187 | Ancient Imet and Petrie's T Nebesha. Much of mound overbuilt by expanding town of El-Husseiniya. Details and photos. | SCA Sharqiya register 13060043. Map of SoE 1:25,000 series, sheet 90/690; also appears on all other scale old SoE maps and on the 1:50,000 ESA map of 1996. |
| Fauziya, T | 5.5km SW of Kafr Saqr | 30 45 20N
31 35 10E |
|
557 | Amsterdam University survey 1984-5. Site founded on a gezira and formerly known as Tell Taradiya. Tested by Abdel Haqq and Magdi Saad Salib, SCA Inspectors, in 1980-1 then given over for agriculture. Details | SCA Unregistered site no. 130016. SoE 1:25,000 series, 89/660; Brink, MDAIK 43 (1986), 7ff. |
| Fawarat, K el- | NW of Biyala | 31 15 40N
31 05 05E |
|
102 | Nothing survives of any site at this location. Satellite imagery (2007) shows the land being converted to fish-farm lagoons. | - |
| Filus, K el- | Near L Burullos | 31 23 40N
30 56 07E |
(2007) |
261 | A square area of the mound remains among the many fish-farm basins being created. There is a smaller mound in a lagoon west of the main area, no doubt once part of the whole site. | SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090135. |
| Firan, T el- | 4km SE of Minshat Abu Omar | 30 52 54N
32 03 18E |
(2005) |
656 | Remains of a small mound, isolated between two canals. SW end clear, N end overbuilt by a few houses. | SCA Sharqiya register 13060042. |
| Firin, K | 10km WSW of Naukratis | 30 51 52N
30 29 17E |
(2006) |
294 | A large and important site of 1600 x 800m in Petrie’s day and still substantial when reported by Edgar in 1911. Neal Spencer began survey and excavation in 2002 for the British Museum. Details and photos. | SCA Beheira register no. 100260. PM IV, 50-1; Edgar, ASAE 11 (1911), 277; Coulson, COD, I, 70-73, figs. 33-36; id. JARCE 19 (1982), 79ff. On sketch map by Coulson, in Brink, Archaeology of the Nile Delta, 260. |
| Fuqa, K el- | Near L Burullos | 31 22 07N
30 46 59E |
|
254 | The site is a large sprawling tell, with soft dirt on the top surface in most areas and gently sloping sides. Mapped and described in 2003 by a team led by Penny Wilson. Details | SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090107. See Wilson, P. and Spencer, N., “Ancient sites of Beheira and Kafr es-Sheikh”, in EA 24 (Spring 2004), 10-11. Wilson, P., The West Delta Regional Survey, Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces, 233-6, 437-41. |
| Gabbara, T | Just E of El-Sura | 30 49 08N
31 43 46E |
(2005) |
685 | A small mound in the cultivation, clear of overbuilding and crossed by a few tracks. | SCA Sharqiya register 13130072. |
| Gadiya, T el- | N of T Moqdam | 30 41 33N
31 21 17E |
|
510 | Once part of T Moqdam, now an isolated small mound. Details and photo. | Listed in Koms à Sebakh:12. |
| Galagal, T | Between Baltim and Kafr es-Sheikh |
|
|
468 | SCA dig 1983-4: Roman amphorae found. | Leclant and Clerc, Orientalia 55 (1986), 344. |
| Galbat, K | S of Abu Hummus | 31 01 59N
30 19 17E |
|
707 | Site of a once substantial mound, levelled and overbuilt by a village, with a small modern cemetery on a high area within it. | SCA Beheira register no. 100172. |
| Gamus, T el- | N of Mehalla el-Kubra | 31 08 03N
31 08 44E |
|
87 | Same as Tell el Alamiya of SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register. SoE 1:100,000 map (1916) has Tell el Gamus by a village named "Allamiyeh". A substantial mound with a modern cemetery on the top. Details | SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090132 |
| Gamus, T el- | N of Biyala | 31 16 37N
31 13 20E |
|
107 | Local residents in Kom Sheikh el-Arab said in 1997 that the nearby village called Tell el-Gamus was built over the levelled site. | - |
| Ganadi, K | 2km N of Abu Hummus | 31 07 02N
30 18 42E |
|
617 | Shown only as a small village of "Ezbet Kom Tell Ganadi" on SoE 1:100,000 (1916) map. The site is under a cemetery. Visited by Penny Wilson for the Survey in 2004. Details and photos | SCA Beheira register no. 100137. SoE 1:100,000 (1916). Wilson, P., The West Delta Regional Survey, Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces, 136-7, 359-61. |
| Ganayin, K el- | NE of Kafr es-Sheikh | 31 13 00N
31 01 24E |
|
98 | A small mound surrounded by cultivated fields, but clear of modern structures. Long and narrow. | SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090166 (as Farsh el Ganayin). On SoE 1:100,000 map (1916). |
| Garad, K el- | Near L Burullos | 31 19 42N
30 54 02E |
(2007) |
264 | Satellite imagery (2007) shows a small mound surrounded by cultivation. | SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090116. |
| Garad, T el- | W of Bilbeis | 30 23 10N
31 26 30E |
|
55 | Only fields and a town exist at this location. | - |
| Gardiya, K el- | S of Abu Hummus | 31 04 10N
30 19 20E |
|
382 | SCA Beheira register places a site Abu Ismail here, under their no. 100101. Only fields and a village appear on satellite imagery. | SoE 1:100,000 (1916). |
| Garir, T or K | 8km NW of Kafr Saqr | 30 50 05N
31 42 10E |
|
492 | Described in 1901 as "a long mound of sebakh of no importance.' This sounds like alluvial mud deposited by a Nile branch rather than an archaeological mound. Now cultivated fields. | Foucart, in ASAE 2, 59. |
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