Archaeological Sites of the Nile Delta: Page 16
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Extent | No. | Notes | Literature |
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| Radwan, K | SW of Abu Hummus | 30 55 42N
30 12 49E |
(2006) |
421 | Formerly a very large mound, the original extent of which is visible in satellite imagery. Part overbuilt by village and cemetery, some parts levelled to fields. Details | SCA Beheira register no. 100258.
SoE 1:100,000 (1916). ESA 1996 1:50,000 map sheet NH36-I4c. |
| Raghib, T | 5.5km W of San el Hagar | 30 57 49N
31 48 42E |
100 x 80m |
662 | The site is adjacent to the large area designated as Tell el-Bus (Tahun), EES no. 163. Two small residual patches of the mound show in the fields on satellite images of 2005. | SCA Sharqiya register 13190083. |
| Rahmaniya, | 13km NE of Damanhur | 31 09 48N
30 31 45E |
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622 | Shown on the SoE 1916 map as a small mound. Now partly overbuilt by a town and modern cemetery, with only a small flat area free at the SE. This tested by the SCA. | SCA Beheira register no. 100149. SoE 1:100,000 (1916) map. |
| Raiya, T | N of Faqus | 30 50 45N
31 49 40E |
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185 | Amsterdam University survey of 1984 reported this site had been levelled to agriculture long ago. | SCA Unregistered site no. 130005. SoE 1:25,000 series, 90/690; Brink MDAIK 43 (1986), 7ff., 22. |
| Rak, T | N of Abu Kebir | 30 53 45N
31 43 30E |
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181 | Said to be devoid of antiquities when inspected in 1902. Italian survey 1987-8: noted as completely destroyed by modern settlement. | SoE 1:25,000 series, 90/675; Noted ASAE 2, 80; Chlodnicki and Fattovich in CRIPEL 14 (1992), 50. |
| Ramedi, K er- | N of Fuwa | 31 22 20N
30 36 50E |
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237 | Shown as large long mound on the SoE 1916 map. The SCA in 1990 reported this site 'finished'. The whole area has been redeveloped. | SoE 1:100,000 (1916). |
| Ras, K er- | S of Kafr ed-Dauwar | 31 06 01N
30 09 14E |
(2005) |
364 | A large mound completely covered by a modern cemetery. | SoE 1:100,000 (1916). ESA 1:50,000 map NH36-M1a (1996). |
| Rasif, K er- | N of El-Wahhal | 31 19 50N
30 55 45E |
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265 | SCA told J Spencer in 1990 that this site had been levelled. No trace on satellite imagery. | - |
| Razaiqa, Ezbet | near Salhiya | unknown |
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466 | Amsterdam University survey 1985. Former tell of 400 x 150m, with a height of 1.5m Sherds of NK, Saite, Ptolemaic and Roman date noted. | Brink, in MDAIK 43 (1986), 7ff., 21, 23. |
| Rekawya, K el- | S of Damanhur | 30 49 39N
30 28 33E |
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711 | Site of a once-large mound, much of it levelled, but the original extent shows in the field pattern on satellite images. Coordinates to south part; another part survives across the canal at the north. This has the separate name of Kom Qamha (710). | SCA Beheira register no. 100240. |
| Ritabi, er- | S shore of Lake Burullos | 31 24 25N
30 48 22E |
(2006) |
258 | A small rounded mound, clear among the lagoons of fish-farms. Visited by Penny Wilson for EES Delta Survey in 2012. Details. | SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090123. |
| Riyad, T er- | ESE of Abu Kebir | 30 42 38N
31 44 10E |
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576 | Amsterdam University survey of 1984-5: NW part levelled for the village and rest covered by a cemetery. Limestone chips on surface. Sherds of Saite, Ptolemaic, Roman and Coptic date noted. Also known in 1984 as Tell Shalalu, a name also applied to T. Gindiya (EES no. 354). | SoE 1:25,000 series, 88/675; Brink, MDAIK 43 (1986), 7ff., with table of p.23. |
| Rizimat, T el- | SW of Abu Hummus | 30 56 35N
30 14 54E |
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425 | Mostly levelled to fields beside a small village. The straight edges to the village at the NW show the boundary of the former mound. Some traces of it remain at the SE edge of the village. | SCA Beheira register no. 100219. SoE 1:100,000 (1916). |
| Rizq, K | S of Abu Hummus | 31 00 10N
30 19 15E |
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389 | only cultivated fields show on satellite imagery (2005) of this location. | Registered with SCA Beheira no. 100178. SoE 1:100,000 (1916). |
| Roka, K el | 20km E of Disuq | 31 08 00N
30 50 37E |
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584 | DAI 1983 survey reported the mound totally levelled, but sherds present in the fields over some 250-300m. One sherd dated from the Old Kingdom, the rest were all of Late Roman date. A remnant of the mound is visible, however, on satellite imagery of 2008. | P Ballet and T von der Way, MDAIK 49 (1993), 19-21, Fig. 8, nos. 63-67. |
| Rotab, T er- | W Tumilat | 30 32 54N
31 57 50E |
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219 | Major site not part of this survey
J Hopkins University expedition worked here in 1978-9. Sondages revealed 2IP pottery and later material. From 2008, a joint Polish-Slovak mission led by Slawomir Rezepka and Jozef Hudek has been working at the site. |
See Naville, Mound of the Jew, 56-7;
Petrie,
Hyksos
and Israelite Cities, 28-34; Redford, in Dossiers d'Archéologie,
no. 213 (1996), 52-3; 'Digging Diary', in EA 36 (Spring 2010), 30.
More bibliography |
| Ruba, T er- | S of Mansura | 30 57 30N
31 31 00E |
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178 | Major site not part of this survey
Ancient Mendes. Large multi-period city-site. American excavations 1960s - 1981; In 1990s new project directed by R Wenke for Washington State University and a separate dig under D. B. Redford for the Canadian Institute. |
SCA Daqahliya - Dameitta register no. 050306 (location marked erroneously as 050307 on SCA map). For bibliography click here: Ruba |
| Ruhaiyim, K | S of Abu Hummus | 30 58 40N
30 20 30E |
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435 | Only cultivated fields show on satellite imagery (2005) of this location. | SoE 1:100,000 (1916). |
| Ruhban, T er- | 20km NW of Qantara | 30 59 07N
32 06 51E |
(2004) |
654 | Remains of a mound present in 2004, in a flat area being reclaimed for fish farms. It has been erased by 2011. | SCA Sharqiya register 13060099. |
| Rumadniya, K el- | SW of Abu Hummus | 30 57 25N
30 12 46E |
(2002) |
418 | A low mound, size reduced by advance of fields, clear of buildings. In cultivation well away from roads. At high risk. | SCA Beheira register no. 100203. SoE 1:100,000 (1916). |
| Ruq Salim | 15km E of Zagazig | 30 34 28N
31 40 41E |
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112 | Fields adjacent to a small village. | SCA Sharqiya register 13040099. |
| Rusas, K el- | SW of Abu Hummus | 30 58 40N
30 10 30E |
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415 | Only cultivated fields show on satellite imagery (2005) of this location, which is only 200m from Tell Sidi Goma (no. 414). It may have been a previous name for the same site. | SoE 1:100,000 (1916). |
| Rushdi, Ezbet | 5km N of Faqus | 30 47 45N
31 48 45E |
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580 | Former name Tell Abu el-Filus. Amsterdam University survey of 1984 reported it had been levelled in the mid-1950s. More recently excavated by the Austrian Institute and Hildesheim Museum. | SoE 1:25,000 series, 89/690; See Brink, MDAIK 43 (1986), 7ff., 21; PM IV, 9. Bietak, Tell ed-Daba II, 38, 81. |
| Sa el Hagar | N of Kafr el-Zayat | 30 57 54N
30 46 06E |
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13 | Major site investigated by joint University
of Durham-EES project but not otherwise a subject of this survey
Extensive mound below town; large enclosure at N mostly levelled to agriculture. Survey begun by Penny Wilson for the EES in 1997 with surface mapping followed by drill-coring and excavation. |
SCA Gharbiya register no. 080205.
For bibliography, click here: Sais |
| Saadiya, K es- | S of Damanhur | 30 52 23N
30 25 25E |
(2002) |
444 | Satellite imagery (2004) shows a flat area, probably a levelled mound, clear of modern buildings, set in the cultivation. | SCA Beheira register no. 100220 (position incorrect on the SCA map). SoE 1:100,000 (1916). On sketch map by Coulson, in Brink, Archaeology of the Nile Delta, 260. |
| Saba, K el- | 10km S of Abu Hummus | 31 00 32N
30 19 25E |
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645 | Visited by Penny Wilson in 2005: Consists of two areas either side of the road., the eastern one covered by a small cemetery with a shrine in the centre. Details and photos. | Not SCA registered. |
| Saba (i), K el- | Near Abu Hummus | 31 05 04N
30 18 15E |
(2006) |
696 | A patch of sandy wasteland cut by the Cairo to Alexandria road. The larger part is on the NW side. | SCA Beheira register no. 100110. |
| Saba (ii), K el- | 10km NW of Damanhur | 31 06 22N
30 21 44E |
(2005) |
610 | Visited by Penny Wilson for EES in 2005: situated on a small mound, about 2-3m above the fields at its highest part. It is difficult to see the mound because of the densely packed houses. Details and photos. | Listed in SCA Beheira register no. 100111. SoE 1:100,000 (1916). Wilson, P., The West Delta Regional Survey, Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces, 154-5. |
| Sabak ed-Dahak | 10km WSW of Atrib | 30 26 18N
31 04 12E |
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641 | Visited by EES survey in 2005, led by J. Rowland. The highest area in the village is still raised by some 3m. Details and photo. | SCA Menufiya register no. 080103.
Indicated on the map in Bietak, Tell ed-Daba II. |
| Sabiya, K es- | S of Kafr ed-Dauwar | 30 57 13N
30 08 14E |
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407 | Probably = K Sabi of Hogarth's unpublished 1895 report to the EEF: said to be Roman. No mound on ESA 1996 map NH36-I4c, only the village. | SCA Beheira register no. 100245. SoE 1:100,000 (1916); ESA 1996 map NH36-I4c. See P Spencer, in Studies on Ancient Egypt in Honour of H S Smith (EES 1999), 305, 308-11. |
| Saft el Henna | 7 km SE of Zagazig | 30 33 10N
31 36 30E |
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217 | Liverpool University Delta Survey 1983 found temple site under cultivation, few stone blocks remaining. Other small patches of tell seen in village and fields. Moslem cemetery noted by Naville has now largely gone. | SCA Sharqiya register no. 13040065. Naville, Saft el Henneh; Tyldesley, Pop. Arch. July, 1985, 33-6. Redford, in Dossiers d'Archéologie, no. 213 (1996), 51 (photo.) |
| Sahaba, T el- | W Tumilat, nr. T. Maskhuta | 30 32 55N
32 06 35E |
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527 | SCA work in 1973 found mid-Bronze IIa burials. A sand gezira. | Leclant, Orientalia 44, 202. |
| Sahil, T | - | - | - | - | see Ihteita, T (188) | - |
| Sahragt | 8km SE of T Moqdam | 30 38 30N
31 17 05E |
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524 | Coptic site, perhaps ancient Leontopolis / Natho. The villagers had no knowledge of archaeological remains, but the church, located at the highest point in the town is reputed to have been founded in the 4th century AD. Details | Helck, W., "Natho", in LA IV, 354-5; Gomaa, F., "Tell el-Moqdam", in LA VI, 352; Gardiner 1947, *146-8; Friedman and Buck forthcoming; Muhs forthcoming |
| Saieda, K | At Abu Hummus | 31 05 50N
30 19 44E |
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378 | This is a cleared sandy area next to a large rice processing factory. The site is very flat and low. Visited by Penny Wilson in 2004. Details and photos. | SCA Beheira register no. 100139 (position on SCA map incorrect). SoE 1:100,000 (1916). Wilson, P., The West Delta Regional Survey, Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces, 146-7, 368-9. |
| Saieda, T el- | S of Kafr ed-Dauwar | 30 58 18N
30 04 36E |
(2005) |
401 | A small mound remnant overbuilt by a loose array of houses. | SCA Beheira register no. 100221. |
| Sakha | near Kafr es-Sheikh | 31 05 20N
30 57 04E |
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10 | Ancient Xois. the majority of the site has been levelled and is covered by the south part of Kafr es-Sheikh city, except for a small area of the mound which is being used by the military (2011). For photographs, click here. | SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090149.
BIFAO 66 (1968), 165-9. |
| Sakharin, T el- | E of Fariskur | 31 19 12N
31 46 06E |
(2006) |
329 | Satellite imagery (2006) shows a small mound, the N half occupied by houses, in fields east of Fariskur. About 100 x 75m is clear of overbuilding | SCA Daqahliya - Damietta register no. 050116, under new name of Tell Abu Gereida. Noted as 'insignificant' in ASAE 13 (1913), 179 ff. |
| Salamant | 14km SW of Bilbeis | 30 22 15N
31 25 08E |
(2003) |
663 | A levelled mound remnant and a modern cemetery mound on the W edge of the village. | SCA Sharqiya register 13080003. |
| Salaset Ghabat, K es- (Saieq) | NW of Biyala | 31 17 12N
31 03 15E |
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120 | Name may also be rendered T. el-Talat Ghabat. Satellite imagery shows only a basin of a fish-farm, but about 600m west at 31 17 07N 31 02 51E are remains of a levelled mound surrounded by basins. The original tell may have extended across the whole area. | SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090152 (under the new (?) name Tell Saieq). |
| Salatna, el- | W of Faqus | 30 44 30N
31 45 38E |
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590 | Listed in Amsterdam University 1984 survey as having been levelled and overbuilt by a village. Some NK sherds noted. | Brink, in MDAIK 43 (1986), 20, 23. |
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