| Name | Location |
|
Extent | No. | Notes | Literature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ibrahim Awad, T | N of Avaris | 30 50 58N
31 49 48E |
|
535 | Surveyed by Amsterdam University survey 1984-5. Tell split in about 1980 into two by new fields. Excavations by Amsterdam University since 1988, directed by Willem Van Haarlem have revealed Late Predynastic, Archaic and MK remains. Details | SCA Sharqiya register 13120027. SoE 1:25,000 series, 90/690; Brink, MDAIK 43 (1986), 7ff., 22; Brink, “The Amsterdam University Survey to the NE Nile Delta (1984-1986)”, in Brink, Archaeologyof the Nile Delta, 76-114. |
| Ibshan | Near Biyala | 31 09 58N
31 09 41E |
|
89 | GR tombs found here and a Ptolemaic statue recovered. Satellite images show the mound is in the centre of the town, and used as a cemetery. | Leclant, Orientalia 42 (1973), 395; for the statue, see ASAE 12, 281ff. |
| Ibwan | 9km S of Damietta | 31 20 04N
31 47 24E |
(2007) |
547 | Site located just east of El-Hagga. A large, low mound, cut at its east side by a canal. West of the canal it is clear of structures; on the east there is an agricultural complex. Details and photos. | SCA Daqhaliya - Damietta register 050116, under the name 'Telul Abu Geriedeh'. |
| Ihteita, T
(Sahil) |
SW of Husseiniya | 30 50 17N
31 52 31E |
|
188 | Modern name Tell Sahil. Amsterdam University survey 1984. Fired Roman bricks and late Roman sherds on the surface. Red granite column base seen 1984 in SW part. Clear of overbuilding, in cultivation. | SCA Sharqiya register 13060026, under names Athar Hititah and Sahil. SoE 1:25,000 series, 90/690; Brink, MDAIK 43 (1986), 7ff. |
| Ilwani, K | 12km SW of Damanhur | 30 57 33N
30 23 15E |
|
438 | There are scanty mound remnants at this location, with a village of same name, perhaps on a levelled mound, just to the NW. No ceramic material visible in village. | SCA Beheira register no. 100163. SoE 1:100,000 (1916). Appeared on 1900/1909/1910 maps, EGSA 1:50 000 series, (sheet 50 Hosh Isa), but not on 1993 map. |
| Ineizi, K el- | N of Kafr es-Sheikh | 31 16 57N
30 53 51E |
(2007) |
270 | Satellite imagery of this area shows a small mound in the fields, to the west of a canal. | SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090157. |
| Iqab, K el- | NW of Shirbin | 31 16 12N
31 26 30E |
|
113 | Small mound on 1916 map but only a small village Ezba Esh el-Iqab on ESA 1996 map. Nothing shows on satellite images of 2007. | SoE 1:100,000 (1916); ESA 1996 map NG36-M3d. |
| Isawiya, Kiman el- (Tashwein) | NW of Biyala | 31 18 00N
31 06 02E |
(2006) |
118 | Mound cut by advance of fields to a rectangle
with one oblique side. Low-lying, at high risk. Another mound remnant lies
900m to the SW, at 31 17 39N 31 05 34E. To view in Google EarthTM,
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SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090145 (as Tashwein) |
| Ishfin, K | Just N of Cairo | 30 10 47N
31 15 20E |
|
51 | A town built over an ancient site. | - |
| Ishniya, K | 6km E of Tanta | 30 47 20N
31 04 00E |
|
71 | According to the SCA this site had been destroyed before 1990. | - |
| Ishu, K | W of Kafr ed-Dauwar | 31 06 28N
30 00 26E |
|
357 | Site on a rocky outcrop surrounded on most sides by the village, to the north by a new sports centre and on the north-west by fields. Visited by Penny Wilson in 2004. Details and photos. | SoE 1:100,000 (1916). ESA 1:50,000 map NH36-M1a (1996). Wilson, P., The West Delta Regional Survey, Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces, 47-8, 292-4, id. 2010, 119-21. |
| Iswid, El K el- | NE of Kafr es-Sheikh | 31 10 19N
30 59 36E |
(2007) |
|
A small area of the ancient mound shows free of modern structures on satellite imagery (2007), but the village at the north-east probably also covers some of the original tell. | - |
| Iswid, T | - | - | - | - | See Azraq, K (238) | - |
| Iswid, T el (N) | 18 km N of Faqus | 30 52 18N
31 46 35E |
(2006) |
184 | Amsterdam University survey 1984-5: Low mound with northern Predynastic to Naqada III levels. Also OK and MK (?) sherds. Satellite imagery (2006) shows a large mound cut into two parts by a field, clear of modern structures, and once clearly much larger. | SCA Sharqiya register 13120047, under the name 'Qanadlah'.See ASAE 2, 59-69, 80 and fig.8; Brink, in MDAIK 43 (1986), 7ff., 21; id., “The Amsterdam University Survey to the north-eastern Nile Delta (1984-1986)”, in Brink, Archaeology of the Nile Delta, 65-114. Van Haarlem, in Dossiers d'Archéologie, no.213 (1996), 12-13. |
| Iswid, T el (S) | 17 km N of Faqus | 30 51 12N
31 45 58E |
(2006) |
594 | Amsterdam University survey 1984-5: site
partly levelled. Being investigated by a team led by B. Midant-Reynes since
2006. Tests show layers of the Lower Egyptian Predynastic culture, overbuilt
by a sequence from Nagada IIIC2 to the 3rd dynasty. Also some Hyksos occupation,
and late Roman pottery in the upper layers. The gezira has been traced
by drill cores as far as Tell el-Abbasiya, 600m to the south-west. To view
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SCA Sharqiya register 13120033, under name T. al Abbasiyyah. The SCA list combines this site with T. Abbassiya (our 593) and gives coordinates between the two mounds. See ASAE 2, 59-69, 80, fig.8; Brink, in MDAIK 43 (1986), 7ff., 21 and MDAIK 45 (1989), 55-108; id., Archaeology of the Nile Delta, 65-114. Van Haarlem, in Dossiers d'Archéologie, no.213 (1996), 12-13; Midant-Reynes, B.,“Tell el-Iswid”, in BIFAO 108 (2008), 395-8. |
| Ityai el Barud | On Alex road, E of Naukratis | 30 53 10N
30 39 50E |
|
456 | The town of Itayi el-Barud has covered any former site. | Griffith, Naukratis II, 81; Coulson, COD, I. Naukratis, 86. |
| Kafr Abdu | 7km NW of Diarb Nigm | 30 47 14N
31 30 14E |
|
665 | A small mound overbuilt by a modern cemetery, within a small village. Just E of the cemetery is a hollow where a mound may have been dug away. | SCA Sharqiya register 13100079. |
| Kafr ed Deir | 6km N of Minyet el Qamh | 30 34 07N
31 21 41E |
|
686 | Site overbuilt by a village and orchards. Late Period to Byzantine remains. Just north of Tellein (EES no. 521). | SCA Sharqiya register 13140097. |
| Kafr Gomaa | 5km SW of Zagazig | 30 33 20N
31 27 33E |
|
676 | Site is under cultivated fields. | SCA Sharqiya register 13030001. |
| Kafr Hammam | Near Bendariya | 30 41 06N
30 59 52E |
|
646 | Visited by an expedition led by Joanne Rowland, 2006 season: There are two cemeteries at the south edge of the village with pottery of Roman date. Details | - |
| Kafr Hassan Daoud | Wadi Tumilat | 30 30 59N
31 51 00E |
|
221 | Predynastic and Archaic cemetery site. Under research by an expedition led by Prof. Fekri Hassan. | http://www.e-c-h-o.org/khd/index.html |
| Kafri Abu Helal, T | 10km SW of Baltim | 31 30 57N
31 03 58E |
|
605 | Much of this area has been subject to land reclamation for fish-farms.Remains of the site show on satellite imagery. | SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090158. The map in Bietak, Tell ed-Daba, II, has a Kom Abu Khallaf, but located further east. |
| Kalabt Shafiq | 2.5 km S of K Firin | 30 50 59N
30 30 03E |
|
457 | SCA dig 1964 not published: photos in Alexandria office: Ptolemaic graves. Satellite imagery (2006) shows a lake at the location of the mound, the result of removing earth for landfill. | Coulson, COD, I. Naukratis, 86. On sketch map by Coulson, in Brink, Archaeology of the Nile Delta, 260. |
| Kalalba Area | 3km WSW of Ibrahimiya | 30 42 15N
31 31 58E |
|
659 | The site has been levelled to agriculture. | SCA Sharqiya register 13170066. (as Mantiqat al Kalalbah). |
| Kalba, K el- | 5 km SW of Menuf | 30 25 31N
30 54 11E |
|
42 | Was two high mounds with low core between in 1912: Arab tombs in centre. Visited by Joanne Rowland, 2006, who found both mounds overbuilt. Details | ASAE 12, 202-3. |
| Kanayis, T el | 10km NE of Kafr ed Dauwar | 31 11 44N
30 12 37E |
100 x 75 2m |
376 | Visited by Penny Wilson for EES in 2005. North of the village of El-Kanayis are two low mounds, used as cemeteries. Details | SCA Beheira register no. 100132. Shown on SoE 1:100,000 (1916) map. Wilson, P., The West Delta Regional Survey, Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces, 91-3. |
| Kashif, T el- | Near Dikirnis | 31 14 44N
31 40 35E |
|
486 | Excavated by Ahmed Es-Sourougi for SCA. Coptic site. | Noted: Jomard, Description map 35; Engelbach list; Bietak, Tell ed-Daba, II, map 4. |
| Kawady, T | 17 km NW of Sais | 31 01 20N
30 36 37E |
|
011 | SCA dig 1961-2: Late Period tombs, brick-built. | SCA Beheira register no. 100182. SoE 1:100,000 (1916); Leclant, Orientalia 39, 324. |
| Kayasir, T el- | SW of Abu Hummus | 31 01 33N
30 14 40E |
|
390 | Shown only as a village on the ESA 1:50,000 map (1996). | SCA Beheira register no. 100118. SoE 1:100,000 (1916). ESA 1:50,000 map NH36-M1a (1996). |
| Kebir, El T el- | N of Biyala | 31 22 54N
31 09 37E |
|
125 | Just west of "Ezba No. 80". Reduced to a small remnant of a mound. | SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090137 |
| Kebir, K el | 4.5km NW of Disuq | 31 09 43N
30 39 47E |
|
582 | Noted by DAI 1983 survey: area of 300-400 metres overbuilt by a modern cemetery and village. Central part dug out leaving a crater. Two fragments of Coptic - Byzantine pottery recorded. | Shown only as a village on the SoE 1:100,000 (1916) map. P Ballet and T von der Way, MDAIK 49 (1993), 12 |
| Kebir, T el- | 4 km N of El-Qurdi | 31 12 16N
31 46 01E |
(2006) |
318 | Mentioned by Foucart at end of 19th century
as a 'long dark low mound'. Roman bricks on surface. Satellite imagery
(2006) shows the mound clear of overbuilding but crossed by several tracks.
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SCA Daqahliya - Dameitta register no. 050204. Foucart, RT 20 (1898), 167 and ASAE 2 (1901), 63. SoE 1:100,000 (1916). |
| Khabiri, K el- | E of Kafr ed-Dauwar | 31 08 27N
30 09 12E |
|
360 | A mound completely overbuilt by a modern cemetery at the NE edge of the Kafr ed Dauwar urban area. | SoE 1:100,000 (1916). |
| Khalig, K | SW of Abu Hummus | 30 59 32N
30 14 52E |
(2005) |
429 | Visited by Penny Wilson in 2005 and found to be a low sandy mound about 2-3m above the surrounding fields. On the eastern side is a cleared flat area, lower than the main mound. Details and photos. | SCA Beheira register no. 100175 has a Kom Khaleesh here - probably the same mound. SoE 1:100,000 (1916). Wilson, P., The West Delta Regional Survey, Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces, 103-4, 338-40. |
| Khanziri, K el- | near S edge of L Burullos | 31 21 32N
30 55 46E |
|
262 | A large and high mound with undisturbed deposits in which outlines of mud brick buildings show clearly. Identified as Pachnemounis by Hogarth. There are installations from an abandoned military base. Details and photos. | SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090121. SoE 1:25,000 series, 95/600; Spencer, SA 14 (1992), 537; Hogarth, JHS 24 (1904), 1-19. Wilson, P., The West Delta Regional Survey, Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces, 249-52, 463-72. |
| Kharaz, K el- | S of Naukratis | 30 45 30N
30 35 55E |
|
23 | GR cemetery dug by Hamada & Farid in 1948 - area now levelled to cultivation. Roman pottery collected by ARCE Naukratis survey included some 1st-2ndC AD bowls. | Hamada & Farid, "A Graeco-Roman Cemetery at Kom el Kharaz, in ASAE 48 (1949), 327-49; Coulson, COD, I. Naukratis, 79-80, fig.44-45. |
| Khariba, K el- | Near L Burullos | 31 19 42N
30 50 56E |
(2006) |
268 | Satellite imagery (2006) shows a clear
mound at the NE corner of a settlement, with a canal and fields to the
east. The eastern edge has been cut by the canal and the lower slopes are
covered by modern buildings. To view in Google Earth, click the logo |
SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090169. |