Delta SurveyA British Academy Research Project Information on the archaeological sites of the Delta is presented here in the form web-pages containing an alphabetical listing of sites. Where a substantial amount of information is available, or photographs of the site exist, links are provided to supplementary pages. The site-names in most cases are those of the Survey of Egypt maps. The material is offered as a source of reference and a tool for the planning of new projects. The letters 'T' and 'K' in the lists stand for 'Tell' and 'Kom' respectively, Arabic words for 'mound', describing the usual appearance of archaeological sites in the region. We would recommend viewing this area of the website on a desktop computer. You may also be interested to visit the separate Western Delta Regional Survey on Durham University's website here: http://community.dur.ac.uk/penelope.wilson/Delta/Survey.html Delta Reports Delta Reports is a journal dedicated to the publication of archaeology, geography, history and heritage relevant to the Nile Delta. The first volume Delta Reports 1 Research in Lower Egypt was published in 2009 and edited by Donald Redford. The series has been restarted with a full editorial board and will be published by Archaeopress. Each edition will be published when a sufficient number of papers have been prepared, so there is a rolling deadline. The publication aims to make fieldwork reports from the North of Egypt (including Alexandria, Wadi Tumilat, Wadi Natrun and North Sinai) available soon after the fieldwork has been completed. Each volume would contain about 10-15 reports from fieldwork, in order to make the material immediately accessible to other archaeologists and interested parties. There is no limit on time-period and historical and heritage material will also be accepted. The volumes will be edited by the editorial board and another academic reviewer. Reports would be published in English or Arabic and all reports would have an English/Arabic abstract. If you are interested in sending us a paper, please do contact the email address below. Download the submission guidelines All correspondence and submissions should be made to: [email protected] About Index Sites by SCA number Sites on Google Earth Bibliography Conference & Workshop AHM-ARA Name Location Map ref. Extent No. Notes Literature Ahmar, El K el- W of Benha 30 27 48N 30 59 05E overbuilt 44 Visited by EES survey of 2005, led by J. Rowland. The kom still rises to about 6m in the centre of the village and the total village land, including houses and fields is 320 feddans. Details and photos SoE 1:100,000 (1916), as a village only; Yoyotte, J., 'Le grand Kom el-Ahmar de Menufiyah et deux Naos du Pharaon Amasis', BSFE 151 (juin 2001), 54-83. See P. Wilson and J. Rowland in JEA 92 (2006), 11-13. Ahmar, El K el- SW of Damanhur 30 55 55N 30 26 40E 175 x 125m (2003) 440 A small mound set amongst fields, with one house in south-west corner. A north-facing section has been created by levelling part of the tell in preparation for a field, about 2m in height. Details and photos SCA Beheira register no. 100205. SoE 1:100,000 (1916). See Wilson, P. and Spencer, N., 'Ancient sites of Beheira and Kafr es-Sheikh', in EA 24 (Spring 2004), 10-11. Ahmar, El K el- W of Damietta 31 24 26N 31 32 34E 200 x 100m (2006) 716 A small mound, reduced to an irregular shape by advance of the fields. Clear of overbuilding but crossed by many tracks. SCA Daqahliya - Dameitta register no. 050102. Ahmar (ii), K el- - - - - see Nuss el Kebir (286) SCA Beheira register 100120. Ahmar (iii), K el- - - - - see Zawya, K ez- SCA Beheira register 100119. Ahmar (iv), K el- S of Damanhur 30 52 44N 30 27 53E 350 x 200m (2004) 712 A mound at the south edge of a village, overbuilt by a modern cemetery. It was about double the size in 1968 (CORONA imagery). SCA Beheira register 100206. Ahmar, El T el- E of Simbellawein 30 57 34N 31 45 06E levelled 349 Italian survey 1987-88: A Ptolemaic to Byzantine mound, entirely levelled to cultivation. SoE 1:25,000 series, 91/675; Chlodnicki and Fattovich in CRIPEL 14 (1992), 45-53. No mention in id., Bull. GIECE 13, 22-6 but on map in Brink, NDIT,173. Ahmar, El T el- S of Mansura 30 57 16N 31 24 48E 210 x 170m (2007) 80 Situated little south-west of Baqliya village, or 1.5 km to west of Tell Zereiqi. Third mound of Baqliya. Also called T. Barah or T. el-Ruba. Details SCA Daqahliya - Dameitta register no. 050302. Ahmar, el-T el- 5.5km SE of Husseiniya 30 49 03N 31 56 20E 250 x 180m (1985) 190 Amsterdam University survey 1984-5: site free of modern buildings. Founded on a gezira. Covered with red potsherds, except on sandy E end. Details SCA Sharqiya register 13060013. SoE 1:25,000 series, 90/690; Brink, MDAIK 43 (1987), 7ff., 21. Ahmar, K el- 9 km WNW of Minuf 30 29 33N 30 51 50E levelled 39 Almost levelled by 1912, leaving few isolated mounds 1-2m high. No remains noted except for a Coptic pot and 2 mortars. Inspected by Joanne Rowland for the Delta Survey, 2006. Details ASAE 12, 203. Ahmar, K el- SW edge of Mahmudiya 31 10 42N 30 31 06E 459 x 180m (2006) 1 Modern building noted in area by Penny Wilson in 2002. CORONA images show a large mound 600m long. A small clear area still showed on satellite imagery (2006) at the SW edge of a modern development. Site remained fairly clear until 2009, but has been extensively levelled and built over since then. Details This location is listed as no. 100168 in the SCA Beheira register, under the name 'Kom en-Nigili' (NOT EES 451). SoE 1:100,000 (1916); 1:25,000 series, 94/555 [as Tell el Nigli]; ESA 1996 1:50,000 map NH36-M2a.See Bernand, Delta d'apres les textes grecs, 476ff. Ahmar, K el- - - - 333 see Bisintawi (333) - Ahmar, K el- S of Damanhur 30 52 22N 30 24 37E 160 x 240m (2004) 443 Visited by Neal Spencer for the Delta Survey in 2004. Land reclamation in progress. Details and photos SoE 1:100,000 (1916). On sketch map by Coulson, in Brink, Archaeology of the Nile Delta, 260. Ahmar, T el- E of Simbellawein 30 54 39N 31 36 32E destroyed 176 According to the SCA this site has been levelled and cultivated. Italian survey 1987-8 noted late Roman pottery and list as a Ptolemaic to Roman site. A remnant of the mound may remain below some modern houses. SoE 1:25,000 series, 91/660. See Koms à Sebakh, 11. Chlodnicki, in Bull. GIECE 13, 25; Chlodnicki and Fattovich in CRIPEL 14 (1992), 45-53. Ahmar, T el- 850m NE of T Moqdam 30 41 13N 31 21 45E levelled 511 Once part of T el-Moqdam. Persian, Ptolemaic and Roman sherds, together with limestone fragments, noted in the fields in summer 1992 by Friedman and Buck. - Ahmar, T el- 4km SE of Hehia 30 38 39N 31 37 09E overbuilt 668 A village built over a levelled mound. SCA Sharqiya register 13150080. Ahmar, T el- Edge of Lake Menzala 31 07 47N 32 10 25E 100 x 100m 785 Also known by the names Mahgar and Nakhla. The site shows as a small area of wasteland among fish-farm lagoons on satellite imagery of 2009. By 2013 it had been reduced to a small remnant no more than 100m wide. SCA Port Said register no. 250101. Aiyad, K SE of Minuf 30 20 54N 31 00 06E levelled 47 This location was visited by an EES survey of 2005 led by J. Rowland. It has been overbuilt by a village since before 1914. SoE 1:50,000 (1914). Akhar, El- NW of Damanhur 31 05 45N 31 23 32E levelled 704 This location lies beside the Masraf el-Akhar on the 1914 map, but no actual Tell is shown. Now all cultivated. SCA Beheira register 100107. SoE 1:50,000 (1914). Akhdar, El K el- E of Shibin el-Kom 30 36 15N 31 00 03E levelled 62 Visited by EES survey of 2005, led by J. Rowland. Already a village in 1914. No ancient remains were seen, but local residents mentioned the former existence of a mound. SoE 1:50,000 (1914). Akhdar, El K el- In Lake Burullos 31 26 56N 30 49 54E 200 x 150m (2006) 259 A large mound in the lake, of narrow, rectangular shape. Visited by Penny Wilson for EES in 2002 and again in 2012. Details SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090108. Wilson, P., The West Delta Regional Survey, Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces, 237-9. Akhdar, El K el- 9km E of T Moqdam 30 41 59N 31 26 54E 100 x 90m (2006) 68 A low mound no more than 2-3 metres higher than the surrounding fields, occupied by a modern cemetery with perhaps 70 recent tombs and several older graves. Details Daressy, ASAE 13 (1913), 186; Friedman and Buck MSS. 1992. Akhdar, K el- S of Abu Hummus 30 57 56N 30 16 49E 400 x 200m (2006) 433 Originally a long mound of 1200 x 350m, now considerably reduced. Details SCA Beheira register no. 100207. SoE 1:100,000 (1916). Bernand, Delta Grecs, 1, pt.4, 928-931 and pl.50. Akhdar, T el- N of Abu Kebir 30 50 52N 31 44 01E 310 x 210m 183 Listed by Amsterdam University survey of 1984-5. The mound rises about 5m. and was overbuilt by a military base. Sherds noted from OK, 1IP and NK. Set among fields. For OK pottery examples see Jucha 2012. SCA Sharqiya register 13130054. SoE 1:25,000 map 90/675, Brink in MDAIK 43 (1987), 7ff., 21; id., 'The Amsterdam University Survey to the north-eastern Nile Delta (1984- 1986)', id. Archaeology of the Nile Delta, 65-114; Jucha, M.A. 2012, 'Naqada III-Old Kingdom pottery in the Nile Delta: a view from Tell el-Akhdar', Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization 16, 49-60 Alamiya, T el- - - - - See Gamus 087 - Alaqma, El- S of Abu Kebir 30 37 30N 31 37 56E levelled 531 Amsterdam University survey 1984-5: village of El-Alaqma built over part of a levelled tell, with the north and north-east parts of the mound levelled to agriculture. Details SCA Sharqiya register 13150069. SoE 1:25,000 series, 87/675; Brink, MDAIK 43 (1987), 7ff. Alawi, K NE of Fuwa 31 21 09N 30 43 10E 192 x 189m (2003) 241 Mapped in 2003 by team led by Penny Wilson. Known locally as Kom Ezbet El-Farr. The tell has a small flat edge and then steep sides rising to a plateau on the top. Details ESA 1996 1:50,000 map NH36-M2c. SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090156 (as "Aluwe"). Appears on ESA 1996 map without name, with spot-height of 12m. Wilson, P., The West Delta Regional Survey, Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces, 223-5, 427-8. Ali, K W of Tanta 30 54 18N 30 59 50E destroyed 20 Signposted to W of Tanta - Kafr es-Sheikh road. Already a village in 1914.. SoE 1:50,000 (1914). Amd, T (Soweida) E of Tanis 30 56 38N 32 05 58E 400 x 350m (2001) 200 This site lies by the side of the road between Tell Ginn and Tell Belim, some 7 km from Belim. It is clear of overbuilding. Details and photo SCA Sharqiya register e13060037 - under the name Soweida. Survey of Egypt 1:100,000 map (1916) - as Tell Amd. Amsa Wasafar, T el- - - - - See T ed-Daba (172) - Amya, T- NW of Buto 31 13 40N 30 38 07E 300 x 200m 249 A Roman mound, dug for sebakh. Shown without name on ESA 1996 map at Ezba er-Rifi. Details and map SoE 1:25,000 series, 94/570; ESA 1996 1:50,000 map NH36-M2a. SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090130. Spencer in SA 14 (1992), 535-6. Wilson, P., The West Delta Regional Survey, Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces, 209-212. Aniz Ghubriyal, Ez. E of Simbellawein 30 57 44N 31 42 15E levelled, overbuilt 348 Italian survey 1987-8: Ptolemaic to Roman. Some Late Roman pottery noted. The site is overbuilt by the village. SoE 1:25,000 series, 91/675; Chlodnicki and Fattovich in CRIPEL 14 (1992), 45-53; id., Bull. GIECE 13, 25. On map in Brink, NDIT, 173. Arab el-Eliqat el-Bahariya E of Shibin el Qanatir 30 17 35N 31 21 26E levelled 726 A sand-quarry in the same general region as SCA site 070207. On SoE 1:100,000 (1916) map. SCA Qalubiya register no. 070208. Arab el-Hisn (Heliopolis) At Matariya, north Cairo 30 07 45N 31 18 24E levelled and overbuilt 528 Major site not part of this survey Ancient Heliopolis, under modern Matariya district of Cairo. Temple site adjacent to position of the obelisk of Sesostris I. Excavation by MSA - University of Leipzig since 2012, see www.heliopolisproject.org/en SCA register 130102. See PM iv. Early remains in F. Debono and B. Mortensen, The Predynastic Cemetery at Heliopolis, Season March-September 1950 (Mainz 1988). Bibliography Arab el-Sawalah (Geheina) E of Shibin el Qanatir 30 17 56N 31 21 08E levelled 725 This location lies at the edge of a town. The name appears on the SoE 1:100,000 (1916) map. SCA Qalubiya register no. 070207. Arab el Sheikh Mubarak near Dahtamun 30 38 17N 31 41 24E levelled, overbuilt 586 Listed by the Amsterdam University Survey 1984-5 as having been completely levelled. MK, 2IP and NK sherds noted. Satellite images from 2006 show only cultivated fields. SCA Sharqiya register 13040092. Brink, in MDAIK 43 (1987), 20. Arab, K el- (Kafri) N of Buto 31 19 00N 30 43 18E 556 x 545m (2003) 243 Mapped and described in 2003 by a team led by P. Wilson. The site has the usual flat sides with a steep mound in the middle and a flat plateau on top. Details ESA 1996 1:50,000 map NH36-M2c. SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090172. Appears as a substantial mound on the ESA 1996 map under the name Tell Kafri (mound of ruins). Arab, T el- Near Fariskur 31 14 54N 31 45 55E 340 x 230m (2006) 155 Late Roman to Coptic mound of about 50 feddan, cut back to a rectangular shape. It extended some 200m further to the NE in the 1960s. Satellite imagery taken in 2011 shows lines of many ancient buildings, most probably Roman, on the west part, and a small modern cemetery in the centre. Details SCA Daqahliya - Dameitta register no. 050110. ABU-AHM Back to top ARA-BAH Manage Cookie Preferences