GEZIRET EL-NISF  [571]

 
 
 

Amsterdam University survey 1984-5. Site used as a sand quarry until c. 1978. W side dug away up to borders of villages of Ez.Moh. Bey Hismat and Ez. Ahmed Bey Taufiq el-Baradi. Ptolemaic and Roman sherds noted. Space between villages covered by modern cemetery. In upper part of W side, 6 ancient brick-vaulted graves recorded, of GR date. More graves in section of gezira, but very damaged. May be the cemetery of T. el-Shuwan?