Archaeological Sites of the Nile Delta: Page 12
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| Name | Location |
|
Extent | No. | Notes | Literature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kharif, K el- | NW of Biyala | 31 16 05N
31 03 55E |
|
101 | Satellite imagery shows a large indistrial complex at this locataion. | SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090117. |
| Kharuf, K el- | NW of Biyala | 31 17 10N
31 03 55E |
|
119 | Hogarth described this site as 'about the size of Sidi Salem (282), but very low'. Coin of Constantine IV. This location is now occupied by fish-farms and agricultural basins. | See Hogarth, JHS 24 (1904), 16. |
| Khasna, T el- | 1.7km NW of Abu Kebir | 30 44 30N
31 39 47E |
|
561 | Amsterdam University survey 1984-5. Low tell founded on a gezira, overbuilt by village of Ez. Rizqalla Shedid. Tests by M Mussalami 1969 found Archaic flints and pottery. OK, MK and Ptolemaic sherds seen. | SCA Unregistered site no. 130012. 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. |
| Khatimi, K el- | 3km E of Abqaein | 30 52 59N
30 22 20E |
|
602 | A small, low mound standing in the cultivated land. Roman sherds noted. Visited by Neal Spencer in 2003. Details | SCA Beheira register no. 100225. On sketch map by Coulson, in Brink, Archaeology of the Nile Delta, 260. |
| Khawaled, T | NE of Sidi Salem | 31 17 25N
30 51 41E |
(2004) |
272 | A large mound rising 15m above the cultivation. Identified with Phragonis. Fieldwork begun by Uppsala University expedition in 2006. Details and photos | SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090122. SoE 1:25,000 series, 95/600; Spencer, SA 14 (1992), 537; Hogarth, JHS 24, (1904),1-19. For the map by Penny Wilson, click here khawaledmap |
| Khelwa Senhawa | E of Qaha | 30 16 23N
31 14 07E |
|
724 | A village shows on satellite imagery (2006) of this location. | SCA Qalubiya register no. 070206. |
| Khilgan, K el- | SE of Samara | 30 54 53N
31 37 51E |
|
607 | Flattened mound, now cultivated. Excavations in Summer 2002, directed by B. Midant-Reynes, revealed three levels of remains, the oldest being Predynastic. Details | B. Midant Reynes, B. Febry, M. de Dapper, Sylvie Duchesne inter alia, Kom el-Khilgan. Preliminary report from the 2002 campaign. UMR 8555 CNRS - Centre d'Anthropologie, Toulouse and IFAO. See also BIFAO 104 (2), 2004, 699-704. |
| Khirba, K el- | SW of Abu Hummus | 30 58 02N
30 14 54E |
|
427 | Shown only as a village on the ESA 1996 map. Confirmed by satellite images. | SCA Beheira register no. 100218. SoE 1:100,000 (1916). ESA 1996 map NH36-I4c. |
| Khirba, T el- | SE of Dikirnis | 30 56 48N
31 37 22E |
(2006) |
174 | Visited by J and P Spencer in 1990. Difficult dirt roads: 1 hour 20min from Mansura. Small mound cut down from a once-large tell. Tell is oval, sharp slope to west, sinking gradually to east. Details | SCA Daqahliya - Dameitta register no. 050305 (incorrectly marked 050306 on SCA map). SoE 1:25,000 series, 91/660; Chlodnicki and Fattovich in CRIPEL 14 (1992), 45-53. and id., map in Brink. NDIT, 173. |
| Khoderi, T el- | 5.5 km N of El-Qurdi | 31 13 00N
31 45 08E |
|
319 | Mentioned by Foucart 1898. Had Roman bricks, and was a 'long dark mound'. Excavated by SCA and then levelled for agriculture. A small remnant is visible on satellite imagery of 2006, beside a canal. | Foucart, ASAE 2 (1901), 63 andRT 20 (1898), 167. |
| Khubbeiza, K el- | Near L Burullos | 31 23 14N
30 49 54E |
(2006) |
257 | A large mound clear of building, set in an area of land reclamation for agriculture and fish-farms. | SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090120. |
| Khunfis, K el- | S of Kafr ed-Dauwar | 31 05 30N
30 08 15E |
(2006) |
363 | The mound seems to have formerly occupied the land in the SW quadrant of a town, and has been levelled to fields, leaving a gap in the usual circular shape of the settlements. | SCA Beheira register no. 100129 (Khanfes). SoE 1:100,000 (1916). |
| Kidwet el Banat | SE of Kafr ed-Dauwar | 31 02 40N
30 11 10E |
|
706 | Location from SCA map. Only fields show on satellite imagery of this location. | SCA Beheira register no. 100148. |
| Kidwet el Kuhla | 7 km N of Mutubis (234) | 31 20 55N
30 33 50E |
|
462 | It is not shown on the ESA 1996 map NH36-M2c, but in the same location an Ezba by the name of Kom Dimis is marked. No sign of the site on satellite imagery. | - |
| Kifriya, el- | N of Faqus | 30 47 18N
31 47 24E |
|
578 | Listed in Amsterdam University 1984-5 survey as having been partly levelled. Completely gone by 2006. NK and Romano- Coptic sherds noted. | Brink, in MDAIK 43 (1986), 21, 23. |
| Kirsa, K el- | S edge L Burullos | 31 22 15N
30 39 20E |
|
239 | Not shown on ESA 1996 map NH36-M2c. Satellite imagery (2007) shows a small mound remnant and some land under reclamation just N of this point. | Only on SoE 1:100,000 map (1916). |
| Kom Sauwan, T | S of El Matamir | 30 52 47N
30 11 10E |
(2006) |
452 | Satellite imagery (2006) shows a substantial mound here, overbuilt by an extensive modern cemetery. | SCA Beheira register 100259, assuming an inaccurate plot on the SCA map. SoE 1:100,000 (1916). |
| Kortas, K | 7 km N of Dilingat | 30 52 36N
30 31 43E |
|
16 | A small mound of Late Period to Roman date. Site low and sandy. Details | SCA Beheira register no. 100262. Coulson, Cities of the Delta, I. Naukratis, 77-8, fig. 40-41; JARCE 19 (1982), 85. |
| Kufr Nigm | Near Kafr Saqr | 30 45 39N
31 36 05E |
|
193 | University of Zagazig found tombs of 1st. dynasty in 1983-4. Site divided into three parts by roads and canals. Listed in Amsterdam University 1984 survey as having been partly levelled. Early Dynastic and OK sherds noted. Details | Leclant, Orientalia 33, 341; I M Bakr, “The New Excavations at Ezbet et-tell, Kufr Nigm; The First Season 1984”, in Brink, Archaeology of the Nile Delta, 49-62; id. in MDAIK 43 (1986), 20, 23. |
| Kurdi, T el- | At El-Kurdi | 31 10 18N
31 45 40E |
(2003) |
481 | Covered by an Islamic cemetery according to Foucart in 1893. The small mound is still evident on satellite imagery of 2003. | Foucart ASAE 2 (1901), 50. Listed in Koms à Sebakh, 12. |
| Kurdud, T el- | 2.5km N of El-Masara | - |
|
- | See Yetwal wa Yuksur (307), below on page 20. | On SoE 1:100,000 (1916) map; also on the ESA 1996 map NH36-M3b, but without name. |
| Lagan, T | In Lake Menzala | 31 14 06N
32 04 53E |
|
472 | Scant traces of the site are visible on satellite imagery of 2007. | Listed in Koms à Sebakh, 12. On SoE 1:100,000 (1916) map, and still named but without indication of size on ESA 1996 map NH36-N2a. |
| Limsan, K | W of Kafr ed-Dauwar | 31 07 54N
30 01 11E |
(2007) |
356 | The mound has been cut to a square shape and partly levelled. It is covered with tracks and there are some modern buildings on the NW corner. | SCA Beheira register no. 100183. SoE 1:100,000 (1916). |
| Lugga, El- (Bouhed) | Near Menzala | 31 07 10N
31 59 00E |
|
482 | Noted by Foucart. There are now (2007) only cultivated fields in this location. | Foucart RT 20 (1898), 167 and ASAE 2 (1901), 78. |
| Lugga, T el- | E of Simbellawein | 30 51 57N
31 34 32E |
|
335 | Italian survey 1987-8: Late Roman, partly disturbed. Tell isolated in plain, oval of alluvial silt and covered with dense vegetation. Details | SCA Daqahliya - Dameitta register no. 050308 (marked incorrectly as 050309 on SCA map). SoE 1:25,000 series, 90/660; Chlodnicki in Bull. GIECE 13, 25; Chlodnicki and Fattovich in CRIPEL 14 (1992), 45-53; id., map in Brink, NDIT, 173. |
| Luqin, T | SE of Kafr ed-Dauwar | 31 06 12N
30 10 55E |
|
366 | Satellite imagery (2006) shows traces of a cratered mound at the south edge of a town, which itself may be on more of the former site. | SoE 1:100,000 (1916). |
| Madain, T el- | 20km NW of Qantara | 30 59 44N
32 08 13E |
|
653 | In 2009, a mound of some 700 x 800m still remained, the NE portion of a once much larger tell. It lies in an area of flat land being reclaimed for agriculture and fish-farming. | SCA Sharqiya register 13060038. |
| Madbuh, K | S of Kafr ed-Dauwar | 30 59 46N
30 08 55E |
(2006) |
412 | Visited by Hogarth in 1895, who noted a Roman fresco. The mound is indicated 2km NW of Ezba Madbuh on the SoE 1:100,000 (1916) map. Satellite imagery (2006) shows modern tombs on the mound. | SCA Beheira register no. 100249. Hogarth EEF Report 1895, see P Spencer, in Studies on Ancient Egypt in honour of H S Smith (EES 1999), 305, 310. |
| Magadieb, El- | 5km SSW of Kom Hamada | 30 42 45N
30 40 55E |
|
702 | Satellite imagery (2006) shows some remains of a mound at the east end of a town, but it probably also extends under the whole town. | SCA Beheira register no. 100208. |
| Magar, Tulul el- | NW Delta | 31 12 24N
30 19 21E |
|
228 | A mound covered by modern houses exists at this location. | - |
| Magasib, K | N of Biyala | 31 19 07N
31 12 53E |
overbuilt |
489 | Not found on a visit to the area by J and P Spencer in 1997. A rectangular patch of land shows on satellite imagery (2009), occupied by some modern structures. | SoE 1:100,000 (1916) map |
| Magayir (i), K el- | SE of Kafr ed-Dauwar | 31 02 19N
30 07 46E |
|
395 | A sandy area of uncultivated land on the S side of a canal, partly overbuilt by houses but clear beside the canal itself. | SCA Beheira register no. 100133, The SoE 1:100,000 (1916) map marks Ezba Kom el Magayir at this location, but has a Kom el Magayir further east, at the position of SCA 100102 (Abu el-Gheraniq, EES no. 694). |
| Magayir (ii), K el- | S of Kafr ed-Dauwar | 31 01 03N
30 09 03E |
(2006) |
697 | A rectangular patch of wasteland shows on satellite imagery (2006) of this location, with an equivalent area occupied by houses to the SW. | SCA Beheira register no. 100134. |
| Magayir (iii), K el- | S of Kafr ed-Dauwar | 30 58 47N
30 07 03E |
|
698 | Only fields show on satellite imagery (2006) of this location. The SCA map places the site not far west of Kom Fargala (EES 411, SCA 100228). | SCA Beheira register no. 100135. |
| Maghud, T el- (Farasha) | SE of Dahtamun | 30 40 03N
31 44 19E |
|
353 | Amsterdam University survey 1984: Former name Tell Farasha. E part of tell covered by village of Ezba Ali Suliman el-Maghud. Details | SCA Sharqiya register 13050074 (as Farashah). SoE 1:25,000 series, 88/675; Brink, MDAIK 43 (1986), 7ff., 23. Earlier condition:ASAE 65, 175-6; Leclant, Orientalia 44, 202. |
| Mahar, K el- | SW of Kafr ed-Dauwar | 31 01 22N
30 03 34E |
|
398 | The main part of the site consists of a 10-12m high mound at the north, covered in pottery. The lower slopes of the mound at the SW are covered by a modern cemetery and the SE area of the site is dug out and flattened. Details and photos. | SCA Beheira register no. 100167. The location shown in the SCA map brochure differs from these co-ordinates. SoE 1:100,000 (1916). Wilson, P., The West Delta Regional Survey, Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces, 49-51, 297-301, id. 2010, 121. |
| Mahgar, T el- | see Minshat | 30 53 30N
32 02 06E |
|
206 | Just 2.5km south-east of Minshat Abu Omar and 2km south of Tell Ginn. The area is now all cultivated. | Müller, in SBAW 8 (1966), Abb.9. |
| Mahgara, T el- | W of Damietta | 31 24 30N
31 34 33E |
(2006) |
715 | Mound reduced by fields and occupied by military. Originally extended further to the west. | SCA Daqahliya - Damietta register no. 050112. |
| Mahgarit el Ganib, K | Central N coast | 31 27 05N
31 17 40E |
|
133 | A large sandy mound, partly occupied by some modern installations. | On map in Bietak, Tell ed-Daba, II. |
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