Name	Location	Map ref.	Extent	No.	Notes	Literature
Haeh, K el-	SSW of Itayai el Barud	30 46 18N 30 34 54E	150 x 80m (2004)	713	A small mound in the cultivation, overbuilt by modern tombs on the south and east sides. A track crosses the site.	SCA Beheira register no. 100239.
Hagar, T el-	4km NW of T el Balamun	-	-	-	See Halbouny (147) and Mowrad, T. (688)	-
Hagg, K el-	SW of Kafr ed-Dauwar	31 05 30N 30 00 09E	120 x 200m (2004)	358	This site is a small rock outcrop on the edge of the desert limestone rock formation. It is about 4.5m high above the level of the fields and is now used as a rubbish dump by the nearby village Ezbet el Bank. Details and photo	SCA Beheira register no. 100155, but the location on the SCA map is too far to the west.. SoE 1:100,000 (1916). Wilson, P., The West Delta Regional Survey, Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces, 45-6, 289-91, id. 2010, 119-21.
Hagga, T el- (Nasiri)	NW of Abu Kebir	30 44 57N 31 37 40E	350 x 200x 4m	555	Amsterdam University survey. Modern name T. el-Nasiri. Split into 3 small mounds, with two used for modern graves. Part of a limestone architrave was noted. Sherds of 1IP to MK. Now (2017) a small low mound of 70 x 70m with adjacent cemetery mound to west.	SCA Sharqiya register 13050077 (as Kafr en-Nusiri). SoE 1:25,000 series, 89/675; Brink, MDAIK 43 (1987), 7ff.
Hagres, T (Kafr el-Ukl)	NE of T Muqdam	30 43 15N 31 23 51E	much reduced	67	Not examined by Friedman & Buck survey in 1992. A very small remnant of a site mound shows on satellite imagery, which has become covered by modern tombs since 2007.	SCA Sharqiya register 13100095, under name Kafr el Ukl. Listed in Koms à Sebakh, 11. Shown on the map in Bietak, Tell ed-Daba II.
Halbouny, T	4km NW of Balamun	31 17 43N 31 30 54E	260 x 170m (2007) destroyed 2016	147	The original name of this site was Tell el-Hagar, but it is now known locally Tell Halbouny from the name of the adjacent village. Visited by J and P Spencer in 2007. Details and photos	SCA Daqahliya - Dameitta register no. 050114 (marked erroneously as 050113 on the SCA map). The SCA list uses the wrong name 'Tell el-Mowrad (EES no 688). Farag, ASAE 39 (1939), 127-31.
Hallin, K	E of Benha	30 29 20N 31 19 20E	overbuilt	57	A modern town on an ancient site.	-
Hamada, K	E of K el-Hisn	30 45 34N 30 42 02E	overbuilt	31	Overbuilt by the town of Kom Hamada, the old part of which rises to 6m above cultivation level.	SoE 1:100,000 (1916).
Hamam, K el-	E of Simbellawein	30 52 38N 31 29 43E	9375 sq. m. 1987	340	A mound shows here on 1960s CORONA images, but the area is now cultivated. Italian survey 1987-8: A disturbed site with Late Roman pottery, spread over four mounds: Details	SoE 1:25,000 series, 90/660; Chlodnicki and Fattovich in CRIPEL 14 (1992), 45-53; id., Bull. GIECE 13, 25. Fattovich, Report of 1987 Field Season, (unpub. MS), 16.
Hamam, K el-	N of Mehalla	31 06 03N 31 08 44E	155 x 150m (2006)	86	Circular mound, completely covered by a modern cemetery. Just north of Dukhmeis town.	-
Hamam, K el-	NE of Kafr es-Sheikh	31 11 03N 31 02 37E	200 x 150m (2006)	92	Satellite imagery shows the remains of a mound, overbuilt by a modern cemetery on its north-east side, with other modern buildings across the centre.	-
Hamam, K el-	E of Kafr ed-Dauwar	31 08 17N 30 11 20E	130 x 180m (2004)	368	This is a part of the large mound which included Kom el-Giza (see no. 369). Visited by Penny Wilson in 2004. Details and photos	SCA Beheira register no. 100156, but location in SCA map brochure transposed with Kom el-Giza (369). SoE 1:100,000 (1916). ESA 1:50,000 map NH36-M1a (1996).
Hamamu, K	Just W of Biyala	31 11 29N 31 12 00E	200 x 160m	97	Marked on the 1914 map and still visible as a Tell on 1960s CORONA images. Since overbuilt by a small industrial complex. Details	SoE 1:50,000 (1914).
Hamamat, K el-	Central N coast	31 26 35N 31 29 04E	500 x 300m (2006)	139	This mound has been cut by the new coastal highway, constructed since 1997. The area affected was dug by the SCA before removal.	SCA Daqahliya - Dameitta register no. 050117 (marked erroneously 050116 on the SCA map).
Hamra, K el-	N of Kafr es-Sheikh	31 18 13N 30 56 38E	200 x 120m (2007)	267	The sides of the mound have been cut straight by advance of the fields. It is entirely covered by a modern cemetery.	-
Hamrat, K el-	1 km west of T Balsun	31 08 34N 31 45 34E	levelled	477	Originally lay a short distance to the west of Tell Balsun but the area is now occupied by settlement and cultivation. Visited by J Spencer and P Spencer in 1997. Details	Listed in Koms à Sebakh:12. SoE 1:100,000 (1916).
Hamrit, K	NW of Abu el-Zarazir	30 52 14N 30 26 29E	100 x 110m (2004)	638	Visited by Neal Spencer for the Survey in 2004. Details and photo	Beheira SCA register number 100254.
Hanana, T	SW of Husseiniya	30 50 31N 31 53 32E	destroyed	549	Amsterdam University survey of 1984 reported the site had been levelled c.1965. Once covered 7 feddan. Surface covered by limestone chips.	SoE 1:25,000 series, 90/690; Brink, MDAIK 43 (1987), 7ff., 22.
Hanash, K el- (Farag)	S of Kafr ed-Dauwar	30 58 32N 30 03 09E	overbuilt	400	The same site as SCA Beheira register no. 100238, listed under the alternative names Hanash and Kom el-Farag. Visited in 2004 by Penny Wilson. This site is under a modern town. Details and photos	SCA Beheira register no. 100238. SoE 1:100,000 (1916). Wilson, P., The West Delta Regional Survey, Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces, 51-2, id. 2010, 121-2.
Handuqa, K	Just E of El-Hamul	31 17 57N 31 11 00E	400 x 250 x 3m in 1997	490	An extensive mound to the NE side of the road from Biyala to El-Hamul, partly covered by a modern cemetery. Seen from the road by J and P Spencer in 1997. The 1960s CORONA photography shows the mound clear of structures. Details	SoE 1:100,000 (1916).
Hara, T el-	N of Lake Burullos	31 33 57N 31 03 54E	?	551	Visited by Penny Wilson for the Delta Survey in 2012. Details	SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090119
Hartein, K	N of El-Qurdi	31 14 31N 31 46 52E	190 x 120m (2006)	491	Within Lake Menzala in 1898. Satellite imagery down to 2014 shows a rectangular patch of flat wasteland among regular field plots.	Foucart in RT 20 (1898), 167.
Hasan (i), K	NE of Abu Hummus	31 08 31N 30 21 30E	reduced	373	This small mound, labelled ‘Kom Hasan’ on the Survey of Egypt 1916 map, lies just to the SW of Kom Nakhla. On the 1960s CORONA imagery it was 170 x 100m but only a small remnant survives to 2017. A Roman kiln was reported at this site by M. Kennawi. Details.	In SCA Beheira register as no. 100173 - Kom Hasan (i). SoE 1:100,000 (1916). See M. Kennawi, 'Beheira Survey: Roman pottery from the Western Delta of Egypt', Rei Cretariæ Romanæ Favtorum, Acta 42: 309-317. Bonn 2012
Hasan (ii), K	12km SW of Abu Hummus	31 00 33N 30 13 06E	210 x 100m (2017)	701	A small tell visible on satellite imagery, just 400m north of the village of Kom Hasan.	SCA Beheira register as no. 100174. Wilson, P., The West Delta Regional Survey, Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces, 101-2.
Hasanin , T	NNW of Abu Kebir	30 49 40N 31 39 20E	levelled	573	Amsterdam University survey of 1984-5 found sherds of OK date, suggesting early occupation.	SoE 1:25,000 series, 90/675; Brink, in Krzyzaniak et al., Studies in African Archaeology, 4, 279ff., esp. fig.9, No. 2; Brink, MDAIK 43 (1987), 7ff., 21.
Hashem	E of Abu Hummus	31 12 05N 30 19 46E	120 x 70 x 1m (2005)	642	Small tell here on satellite imagery, clear until winter of 2015, then a structure was built on it. The site consists of a sandy area, with a few pottery sherds lying on the surface. Details and photos	SCA Beheira register no. 100189. Wilson, P., The West Delta Regional Survey, Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces, 119-20, 349-50.
Hasil, K	11km NW of Dilingat	30 53 51N 30 28 39E	overbuilt	739	Traces of a mound on the north edge of the village of Nagaa el-Alfi. The site probably continues under this settlement.	Included in Coulson-Leonard Naukratis regional survey, see map by Coulson in Brink, Archaeology of the Nile Delta, 260.
Hawabir, El-	NE of T Moqdam	30 43 06N 31 23 59E	levelled	513	The 1914 map shows a mound of 500 x 200m just 2km SW of the town of El-Hawabir. Completely levelled to fields. Not found by Friedman-Buck survey of 1992.	SoE 1:50,000 (1914). Bietak, Tell ed-Daba II, map 4;
Hawaga (Khawaga), K el-	-	-	-	-	See Bilshasha (8)	-
Hazub, T	NW of Ismailiya	30 46 04N 32 08 22E	130 x 70m (2019)	214	A small mound is visible on satellite images from 2019, next to a major new road development.	-
Hilayla, T el- (Akyad el Qibliyyah)	E of Faqus	30 43 59N 31 53 42E	part levelled	539	Amsterdam University survey 1984-5: The mound has been cut by the Sada Drain. Roman - Coptic sherds noted. The SCA supervised land is only a small part of the site, which extends on both sides of the canal.	SCA Sharqiya register 13120036, under the name Akyad el Qibliyyah. SoE 1:25,000 series, 89/690; Brink, MDAIK 43 (1987), 7ff.
Hisn, K el-	S of Naukratis	30 47 42N 30 36 01E	750 x 600m	24	Ancient Imaw (later Momemphis), capital of 3rd nome. Details	SCA Beheira register no. 100237. See bibliography on Details page.
Horbeit	5 km W of Abu Kebir	30 44 02N 31 37 05E	overbuilt	195	Ancient Pharbaethos. Liverpool Univ. survey 1983-5: site overbuilt by modern village, with only two small areas left clear, some Pharaonic and GR blocks re-used in houses.	SCA Sharqiya register 1350082. PM iv, 26-7; Foucart, in ASAE 2 (1901), 54, fig.5. Tyldesley in Pop. Arch. July 1985, 32; Snape, Six Archaeological Sites.
Humar, T el-	NE of Simbellawein	30 55 48N 31 29 38E	levelled	82	Shown as three small mounds around a small lake on the 1914 map. 1960s CORONA photographs show a small part of this mound, but the area has since been cultivated.	SoE 1:50,000 (1914).
Ibn Salam, K	In Menzala, E of Matariya	31 10 45N 32 05 00E	600 x 600m on 1996 map	325	Visited by Foucart in 1900. Cameo of agate with head of man, possibly Augustus, recorded by Andreossy. Satellite imagery shows a large mound. See the photographs here	SCA Daqahliya - Dameitta register no. 050203. Foucart ASAE2 (1901), 61; SoE map 1:100,000 (1916) and ESA 1996 map NH36-N2a. Andreossy, 'Memoire Sur le Lac Menzaleh', Description de l'Egypte XI: 549-553.1802: 547-9).
Ibqa, T	SE of K el-Hisn	30 44 45N 30 37 00E	levelled	26	Only cultivated fields show on 2006 satellite images of this location.	-

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