(See also Wilson, P., The West Delta Regional Survey, Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces, 179-83, 396-402).

There was once a branch of the Delta Light Railway running into the site, so that in its present condition it consists of five main mounds with an excavated area in the centre. The north east mound is around 10m above the level of the fields and is now covered by a modern cemetery ? some of the pottery here seems to be Hellenistic in date. The most central mound is grey in colour with a solid texture like mud brick and has a flat top, around 8-9m in height. The other three main mounds to the north west, south west and south east are more sloping in nature and have varying amounts of pottery, glass and red brick debris covering the surface. The south-western mound is subject to agricultural encroachment. The most striking feature of the site is the complex of red brick structures which have been revealed in the central area. The main building has several vaulted chambers and plastered walls, with rounded buttresses at the southern end. A granite grinding stone and an eroded granite column base lie on the surface of the excavated areas.

The brick remains are the  many Roman baths and conduits excavated by A.M. el-Khachab, see Khachab, Ptolemaic and Roman Baths of Kom el-Ahmar. ASAESupplement 10. The location of the site by Khachab as beng "17km north-west of Damanhur" is incorrect, perhaps through confusion with Tell Bisintawy. Suggested to be the site of the Metelite nome capital (but see Delta Survey site No.1, Kom el-Ahmar). 
 
 
 

Many other views of this site are available in the archives of the EES.