This was
originally a long mound of at least 1200 x 350m, and the former shape is
visible in the field-pattern in satellite photography of 2006. To view
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The south part has been levelled for orchards and the southern extremity cut by a canal; the north occupied by a modern cemetery. The village of same name lies on levelled land at the north edge. A limestone slab with a Greek dedication of a synagogue for Ptolemy VIII by the Jews of Xenephyris, is said to be from here. Alexandria Museum 19398. |