Archaeological Sites of the Nile Delta: Page 4
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| Name | Location |
|
Extent | No. | Notes | Literature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aranib, K el- | SW of Damanhur | 30 56 45N
30 24 07E |
|
439 | Presently a village founded on a very low mound elevated above surrounding fields. Some parts of the mound are clear of building on the west side. Details | SCA Beheira register no. 100151 (as Araneb). SoE 1:100,000 (1916). |
| Arbata Ashaa, K el- | NE of Abu Hummus | 31 06 50N
30 22 20E |
|
375 | Satellite imagery (2007) shows only cultivated fields at this location. | SoE 1:100,000 (1916). |
| Asfar, K el- | 7 km NE of Buto | 31 13 02N
30 48 19E |
|
279 | Tested by DAI 1983: Oldest levels noted are Late Period. Tell founded on a gezira. Hogarth said tell was "of little or no importance" and a note in ASAE 26 claimed the site had gone, obviously in error. Partly overbuilt by a town (2006). | MDAIK 40, 323f. See also Leclant, Orientalia 54, 343. Hogarth in JHS 24 and note in ASAE 26. |
| Ashar, T el- | N of Baltim | 31 34 30N
31 06 15E |
|
128 | Lacking from ESA 1996 map. Nothing visible on satellite imagery (2007). | SoE 1:100,000 (1961). SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090112. |
| Ashiri K el-
(Barhim) |
3 km SE of Tamalai, near Minuf | 30 29 10N
30 53 47E |
|
40 | Kom el-Ashiri was visited by an EES survey of 2005 led by J. Rowland. The village covers an area of 200 feddans, including the fields. Details and photo. | SoE 1:100,000 map (1916) - for Kom Barhim. Daressy, ASAE 12, 204. |
| Ashraf, K el- | 16km SE Mit Ghamr | 30 38 10N
31 22 40E |
|
65 | Friedman-Buck survey of 1992 failed to locate the site and concluded it was probably buried under the village. None of the inhabitants knew of any archaeological materials in the area. | See Foucart ASAE 2 (1901), 75. |
| Ashrin, K | 11km W of Dilingat | 30 49 41N
30 25 00E |
|
633 | Formerly in the desert, now in reclaimed land. Reduced to a roughly rectangular patch of flat wasteland, surrounded by fields. | SCA Beheira register no. 100246. SoE 1:100,000 (1916). On sketch map by Coulson, in Brink, Archaeology of the Nile Delta, 260. |
| Askar, K | NW of Kafr es-Sheikh | 31 14 28N
30 50 56E |
|
281 | Small traces of a possible former mound show in the field-pattern on satellite imagery of 2007. | - |
| Asmun er-Romman | 3 km E of Dikirnis | 31 05 19N
31 37 55E |
|
317 | Seen by J and P Spencer in 1997: the mound is covered by the town and cemetery and crossed by the Dikirnis - Qurdi road. The level rises 12m. Practically in the Dikirnis suburbs. Details | Koms à Sabakh:12. See Foucart in RT 20 (1898), 165; id. ASAE 2 (1901), 70-1. Finds: Daressy in ASAE 30 (1930), 90-91; Vernus, Athribis, 90-92; Bakry, Kemi20 (1970), 22-34. |
| Atab, K el- | Central N coast | 31 25 05N
31 25 15E |
|
140 | Satellite imagery of 2007 shows only new field plots in this area. | - |
| Atal es-Shinawy, T | Near S edge of L Burullos | 31 21 20N
30 45 15E |
|
242 | The site is completely overbuilt by the village. | SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090165. On SoE 1:100,000 (1916) map as Atal es-Shitawy. |
| Atal es-Sisi, T | Near L Burullos | 31 21 06N
30 46 45E |
(2007) |
255 | A low mound in the cultivation, overbuilt by a modern cemetery. A causeway from the east leads to another small mound, probably once part of the site but separated by agricultural expansion. | - |
| Atala el Khadra, K | NE of Fuwa | 31 19 37N
30 39 05E |
(2007) |
246 | Mound now of curved shape because of a cut into the N side for fields. Forms long ridges running W-E and N-S. Islamic graves on top, mostly at the east end. | ESA 1996 1:50,000 map NH 36-M2c. SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090106 |
| Athar es Saadiyyin | 6km S of Minyet el Qamh | 30 27 46N
31 21 37E |
|
687 | The outline of the former mound is apparent in the shape of the new orchards on its location, visible on satellite images of 2007. | SCA Sharqiya register 13140096. |
| Atrash, T el- | SW of Husseiniya | 30 50 11N
31 53 00E |
|
546 | Amsterdam University survey 1984-5: site then being used for brick-clay. Late Roman sherds noted. On satellite imagery (2007) the levelled mound shows a patch in the field-pattern. | SoE 1:25,000 series, 90/690; Brink, MDAIK 43 (1986), 7ff., 22. |
| Atrib, T | Under Benha | 30 28 14N
31 11 17E |
|
56 | Major Site not part of this survey
Ancient Athribis, once a vast mound, now reduced to a small area at low level between the modern flats of Benha. Long known and much explored. Longstanding Polish concession. |
SCA Qalubiya register no. 070102.
For bibliography, click here: Atrib |
| Atrun, K el- | S of Benha | 30 20 53N
31 09 21E |
|
48 | Satellite imagery (2007) shows a small patch of wasteland on the edge of a town. More of the mound may be under the town. | - |
| Ausim | At city of Ausim | 30 07 20N
31 08 00E |
|
308 | Ancient Letopolis, buried under town of Ausim and suburbs. Naos of Nekhtnebef found and numerous inscribed blocks. | Finds: ASAE 23, 171-3; ASAE 4, 83-4; 91-4. |
| Awad, K | 3 km E of Abu Hummus | 31 06 32N
30 20 08E |
|
637 | Close to village of Barsiq (q.v.). and to Ezbet Kom Awad. Visited by Penny Wison in 2004-5, who noted a relatively clear site, mostly flat but with three small mounds. Details and photos | SCA Beheira register no. 100181. |
| Awasga El- | Between Zagazig and Abu Kebir | 30 37 10N
31 35 30E |
|
328 | There is now a town at this location, with a small cemetery, possibly on a mound, some 300m to the SW. | Noted ASAE 2, 82. |
| Awaya, T el | N of Qantir | 30 48 50N
31 49 45E |
|
596 | Listed by Amsterdam University survey of 1984-5. NK, Saite, Ptolemaic and Roman sherds noted. Levelled, the area is now cultivated. | Brink, in MDAIK 43 (1986), 21. |
| Awiri, K el- | S of Kafr ed-Dauwar | 30 56 49N
30 03 22E |
(2007) |
402 | Satellite imagery (2007) shows a small mound with houses on the east end and modern tombs on the west. A track runs around the perimeter. | SoE 1:100,000 (1916). |
| Awlad Daoud, T | 15km SW of Bilbeis | 30 21 47N
31 24 14E |
|
664 | An extensive site below the fields, but only about half a feddan is registered. The SCA excavations of Mr Moshen Helmy (1992-1997) found three settlement phases (Protodynastic to Old Kingdom), below Ptolemaic and Roman material. A pit cointained some Early Dynastic pottery models of boats, like the ivory versions from Tell Ibrahim Awad. | SCA Sharqiya register 13080078. |
| Awlad Ismail, T | N of El-Matariya (Menzala) | 31 12 37N
32 00 38E |
(2007) |
152 | Area redeveloped following construction of El-Salam canal. There is a triangular remnant of a large mound, surrounded by new fields. | SoE 1:100,000 (1916). |
| Awlad Moussa, T | 10km NE of Abu Kebir | 30 48 10N
31 44 42E |
|
316 | Survey by Amsterdam University in 1984: few limestone blocks in fields but no tell survives. Now a built-up settlement. Details | SoE 1:25,000 series, 89/675; Noted ASAE 2, 59, fig.8. Brink, MDAIK 43 (1986), 7ff. |
| Ayid, T | East of T Belim | 30 58 40N
32 13 05E |
|
199 | Old maps show this mound as an island in the Menzala marshes, but much land reclamation has been carried out. Local people in the region had no memory of any mound (1999). | SoE 1:100,000 (1916) map. |
| Aziza, K | 9km N of Abu Hummmus | 31 11 03N
30 19 48E |
|
626 | Shown on the SoE 1:100,000 (1916) map as Kom Aziza el-Kebir. Visited by Penny Wilson in 2004 and again in 2005 for mapping and drill-core surveys. Details and photos. | SoE 1:100,000 (1916). SCA Beheira register no. 100180. Wilson, P., The West Delta Regional Survey, Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces,121-6, 351-2. |
| Aziza, T | Near Simbellawein | 30 59 17N
31 37 55E |
|
502 | Tell excavated by SCA then levelled to cultivation, SW of Salahad village. Ptolemaic - Roman. Visited by Italian survey ,1987. A small remnant of 60 x 50m shows on satellite images of 2007. | Chlodnicki et al, CRIPEL 14 (1992), 50-1. |
| Aziziya, T el- | NE of Benha | 30 29 40N
31 17 35E |
|
310 | A modern town on a levelled ancient site. | - |
| Azla, Kiman el- | NW Delta | 31 13 09N
30 19 48E |
(2007) |
232 | Large mound in an area of recently reclaimed land. Satellite imagery (2007) indicates there were two other large adjacent mounds on the W, both levelled for agriculture. One of these is Tell Abyar (no. 231). | - |
| Aznin, T | 6km NE of Husseiniya | 30 53 42N
31 57 36E |
|
689 | Satellite imagery (2004) shows mound remnants over a wide area of the fields, some 900m across at this location. The coordinates are in the midst of the cluster. | SCA Sharqiya register 13060044. Site under SCA research. |
| Azraq, K el- | S edge L Burullos | 31 22 45N
30 38 40E |
(2007) |
238 | Probably identical with a Tell Iswid in this position. Satellite imagery (2007) shows only a flat area of wasteland, cut square by advance of the fields. | SoE 1:100,000 (1916); ESA 1996 1:50,000 map NH36-M2c. |
| Bagalah, T | Between Menzala and Matariya | 31 10 30N
31 57 50E |
|
485 | Noted by Foucart in 1901 as a site with bricks and sherds. The area is now overbuilt by the north edge of a settlement. | Foucart in ASAE 2 (1901), 66. SoE 1:100,000 (1916) map (as village of "Baghalat.") |
| Bahnaya (Bana) | 3km E of T Moqdam | 30 41 20N
31 22 55E |
|
512 | Friedman and Buck survey could not locate this mound, which is probably under the modern town. | See Friedman and Buck, forthcoming. |
| Bahr Mahed, T | at Mit Salsil | 31 10 45N
31 48 08E |
diameter |
323 | A small remnant of the mound north of the town of Mit Salsil. Details | Foucart in RT 20 (1898), 167, n.1; Foucart in ASAE 2 (1901), 64. Habachi ASAE 53 (1955), 452-58; Zivie, Hermopolis et le Nome de L'Ibis, 60-1, No. 7; 133-4, No. 36. |
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