Name	Location	Map ref.	Extent	No.	Notes	Literature
Kharuf, K el-	NW of Biyala	31 17 10N 31 04 45E	destroyed	119	Marked on the 1914 map. Hogarth described this site as 'about the size of Sidi Salem (282), but very low'. Coin of Constantine IV. A mound of 210 x 140m shows on the CORONA 1960s imagery. This location is now occupied by fish-farms and agricultural basins.	SoE 1:50,000 (1914). See Hogarth, JHS 24 (1904), 16.
Khasna, T el-	1.7km NW of Abu Kebir	30 44 30N 31 39 47E	overbuilt	561	Amsterdam University survey 1984-5. Low tell founded on a gezira, overbuilt by village of Ez. Rizqalla Shedid. Tests by M Mussalami 1969 found Archaic flints and pottery. OK, MK and Ptolemaic sherds seen.	SCA Unregistered site no. 130012. SoE 1:25,000 series, 89/675; Brink, MDAIK 43 (1987), 7ff; id., 'The Amsterdam University Survey', in Brink Archaeology of the Nile Delta, 65-114.
Khatimi, K el-	3km E of Abqaein	30 52 59N 30 22 20E	145 x 130m (2003)	602	A small, low mound standing in the cultivated land. Roman sherds noted. Visited by Neal Spencer in 2003. Details	SCA Beheira register no. 100225. On sketch map by Coulson, in Brink, Archaeology of the Nile Delta, 260.
Khawaled, T	NE of Sidi Salem	31 17 25N 30 51 41E	924 x 723m (2004)	272	A large mound rising 15m above the cultivation. Identified with Phragonis. Fieldwork begun by Uppsala University expedition in 2006. Details and photos	SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090122. SoE 1:25,000 series, 95/600; Spencer, SA 14 (1992), 537; Hogarth, JHS 24, (1904),1-19.
Khelwa Senhawa	E of Qaha	30 16 23N 31 14 07E	overbuilt	724	Already a village by 1914.	SCA Qalubiya register no. 070206. SoE 1:50,000 (1914).
Khilgan, K el-	SE of Samara	30 54 53N 31 37 51E	8600 m2	607	Flattened mound, now cultivated. Excavations in Summer 2002, directed by B. Midant-Reynes, revealed three levels of remains, the oldest being Predynastic. Many more Predynastic burials found by the MSA in 2921. Details	B. Midant Reynes, B. Febry, M. de Dapper, Sylvie Duchesne inter alia, Kom el-Khilgan. Preliminary report from the 2002 campaign. UMR 8555 CNRS - Centre d'Anthropologie, Toulouse and IFAO. See also BIFAO 104 (2), 2004, 699-704.
Khirba, K el-	SW of Abu Hummus	30 58 01N 30 14 54E	overbuilt	427	Clear mound about 200m long shown on the 1914 map, but since overbuilt by the south end of the village of the same name. Satellite images of 2002 show progress of overbuilding.	SCA Beheira register no. 100218. SoE 1:50,000 (1914); 1:100,000 (1916).
Khirba, T el-	SE of Dikirnis	30 56 48N 31 37 22E	245 x 195m (2006)	174	Visited by J and P Spencer in 1990. Difficult dirt roads: 1 hour 20min from Mansura. Small mound cut down from a once-large tell. Tell is oval, sharp slope to west, sinking gradually to east. Details	SCA Daqahliya - Dameitta register no. 050305 (incorrectly marked 050306 on SCA map). SoE 1:25,000 series, 91/660; Chlodnicki and Fattovich in CRIPEL 14 (1992), 45-53. and id., map in Brink. NDIT, 173.
Khoderi, T el-	5.5 km N of El-Qurdi	31 13 01N 31 45 12E	destroyed by 1996	319	Marked on the 1914 map. Mentioned by Foucart 1898. Had Roman bricks, and was a 'long dark mound'. On CORONA images of 1968 the mound is just over 200m long. The shape remains in the field pattern (2020). Excavated by SCA and then levelled for agriculture.	SoE 1:50,000 (1914). Foucart, ASAE 2 (1901), 63 andRT 20 (1898), 167.
Khubbeiza, K el-	Near L Burullos	31 23 14N 30 49 54E	620 x 250m (2006)	257	A large mound clear of building, set in an area of land reclamation for agriculture and fish-farms. Visited by Penny Wilson for the Delta Survey in Spring 2012. Part levelled to fish farm lagoons, later converted to fields, at the NW in 2013. Details	SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register  no. 090120.
Khunfis, K el-	S of Kafr ed-Dauwar	31 05 23N 30 08 19E	100x 100m (2006)	363	Mound indicated on the 1914 map to the SW of El Basqalun town. The former location remains evident in the field pattern to 2020.	SCA Beheira register no. 100129 (Khanfes). SoE 1:50,000 (1914); 1:100,000 (1916).
Kidwa, K	11km NW of Dilingat	30 53 58N 30 27 22E	135 x 105m (2016)	738	A small mound overbuilt by modern cemetery.	Included in Coulson-Leonard Naukratis regional survey, see map by Coulson in Brink, Archaeology of the Nile Delta, 260.
Kidwet el Banat	SE of Kafr ed-Dauwar	31 03 01N 30 12 08E	levelled	706	Probable location shown by contours on the 1914 map, and evident in modern field-pattern.	SCA Beheira register no. 100148. SoE 1:50,000 (1914).
Kidwet el Kuhla	7 km N of Mutubis (234)	31 20 55N 30 33 56E	destroyed	462	Shown as a long, narrow mound on the 1914 map. Area now all levelled to fields.	SoE 1:50,000 (1914)
Kidwet es-Samn	10km SSW of Abu Hummus	31 00 59N 30 21 30E	110 x 95m (2017)	747	On the 1914 map. This small mound shows on CORONA photography of 1968, and a remnant is visible on later satellite imagery, surrounded by cultivated land.	SoE 1:50,000 (1914); 1:100,000 (1916).
Kifriya, el-	N of Faqus	30 47 18N 31 47 24E	levelled	578	Listed in Amsterdam University 1984-5 survey as having been partly levelled. Completely gone by 2006. NK and Romano- Coptic sherds noted.	Brink, in MDAIK 43 (1987), 21, 23.
Kirsa, K el-	S edge L Burullos	31 22 07N 30 39 30E	destroyed	239	Shown on the 1914 map as a mound of 200 x 170m. Area now all cultivated.	SoE 1:50,000 (1914); 1:100,000 map (1916).
Kom Sauwan, T	SE of El Matamir	30 52 56N 30 12 25E	levelled	452	A mound about 200m long is shown on the 1914 map. Now overbuilt by a village. About 2km to the WSW is an unidentified Tell covered by a cemetery, at 30 52 47N 30 11 10E	SoE 1:50,000 (1914); 1:100,000 (1916).
Kortas, K	7 km N of Dilingat	30 52 37N 30 31 43E	220 x 200m (2005)	16	A small mound of Late Period to Roman date. Site low and sandy. Satellite images from 2004 - 2011 show test-pits; concrete foundations across S. part in 2013; complete industrial complex over all S. half and a building at the NE in 2016. Details	SCA Beheira register no. 100262. Coulson, Cities of the Delta, I. Naukratis, 77-8, fig. 40-41; Coulson & Leonard, JARCE 19 (1982), 85.
Kufr Nigm	Near Kafr Saqr	30 45 39N 31 36 05E	large necropolis 1980s	193	University of Zagazig found tombs of 1st. dynasty in 1983-4. Site divided into three parts by roads and canals. Listed in Amsterdam University 1984 survey as having been partly levelled. Early Dynastic and OK sherds noted. Details	Leclant, Orientalia 33, 341; I M Bakr, “The New Excavations at Ezbet et-tell, Kufr Nigm; The First Season 1984”, in Brink, Archaeology of the Nile Delta, 49-62; id. in MDAIK 43 (1987), 20, 23.
Kurdi, T el-	At El-Kurdi	31 10 18N 31 45 40E	80 x 70m (2003)	481	Covered by an Islamic cemetery according to Foucart in 1893. The small mound is still evident on satellite imagery of 2003.	Foucart ASAE 2 (1901), 50. Listed in Koms à Sebakh, 12.
Kurdud, T el-	2.5km N of El-Masara	-	-	-	See Yetwal wa Yuksur (307), below on page 20.	On SoE 1:100,000 (1916) map; also on the ESA 1996 map NH36-M3b, but without name.
Lagan, T	In Lake Menzala	31 14 06N 32 04 53E	120 x 85m(2019)	472	Marked on the 1914 map. A reduced portion still exists.	Listed in Koms à Sebakh, 12. On SoE 1:50,000 (1914); 1:100,000 (1916), and still named but without indication of size on ESA 1996 map NH36-N2a.
Limsan, K	W of Kafr ed-Dauwar	31 07 54N 30 01 11E	310 x 300m (2007)	356	The mound has been cut to a square shape and partly levelled. It is covered with tracks and there are some modern buildings on the NW corner.	SCA Beheira register no. 100183. SoE 1:100,000 (1916).
Lugga, El- (Bouhed)	Near Menzala	31 07 10N 31 59 00E	destroyed	482	Noted by Foucart. There are now (2007) only cultivated fields in this location.	Foucart RT 20 (1898), 167 and ASAE 2 (1901), 78.
Lugga, T el-	E of Simbellawein	30 51 57N 31 34 32E	395 x 195 x 3.5m in 1987	335	Italian survey 1987-8: Late Roman, partly disturbed. Tell isolated in plain, oval, of alluvial silt and covered with dense vegetation. Test-pitted all over in 2009 but left to 2016 without development. Details	SCA Daqahliya - Damietta register no. 050308 (marked incorrectly as 050309 on SCA map). SoE 1:25,000 series, 90/660; Chlodnicki in Bull. GIECE 13, 25; Chlodnicki and Fattovich in CRIPEL 14 (1992), 45-53; id., map in Brink, NDIT, 173.
Luqin, T	SE of Kafr ed-Dauwar	31 06 12N 30 10 55E	destroyed	366	Satellite imagery (2006) shows traces of a cratered mound at the south edge of a town, which itself may be on more of the former site.	SoE 1:100,000 (1916).
Madain, T el-	20km NW of Qantara	30 59 44N 32 08 13E	part levelled	653	In 2009, a mound of some 700 x 800m still remained, the NE portion of a once much larger tell. It lies in an area of flat land being reclaimed for agriculture and fish-farming.	SCA Sharqiya register 13060038.
Madbuh, K	S of Kafr ed-Dauwar	30 59 46N 30 08 55E	150 x 120m (2006)	412	Marked on the 1914 map. Visited by Hogarth in 1895, who noted a Roman fresco. The mound is indicated 2km NW of Ezba Madbuh on the SoE 1:100,000 (1916) map. Satellite imagery (2006) shows modern tombs on the mound.	SCA Beheira register no. 100249. SoE 1:50,000 (1914); 1:100,000 (1916). Hogarth EEF Report 1895, see P Spencer, in Studies on Ancient Egypt in honour of H S Smith (EES 1999), 305, 310.
Magadieb, El-	5km SSW of Kom Hamada	30 42 45N 30 40 55E	overbuilt	702	Satellite imagery (2006) shows some remains of a mound at the east end of a town, but it probably also extends under the whole town.	SCA Beheira register no. 100208.
Magar, Tulul el-	S of Edku	31 12 24N 30 19 21E	300 x 300m	228	A mound covered by modern houses exists at this location.	-
Magasib, K	N of Biyala	31 19 06N 31 12 53E	levelled	489	Not found on a visit to the area by J and P Spencer in 1997. In early 20th century was about 450 x 230m. The 1960s CORONA images show the north part of the mound still covering 360 x 200m, the southern half already levelled. Now (2016) overbuilt by tombs on west and village Ezba Abis on east.	SoE 1:100,000 (1916) map.
Magayir (i), K el-	S of Kafr ed-Dauwar	31 02 19N 30 07 46E	280 x 300m(2018)	395	A sandy area of uncultivated land on the S side of a canal, partly overbuilt by houses but clear beside the canal itself. Surveyed in 2018 by Elena Tiribilli. Several brick structures are visible on the surface below the modern village. See the photos here.	SCA Beheira register no. 100133. The SoE 1:50,000 (1914) and 1:100,000 (1916) maps mark Ezba Kom el-Magayir at this location.
Magayir (ii), K el-	S of Kafr ed-Dauwar	31 02 08N 30 08 42E	40 x 24m (2018)	697	A very reduced site with remains of fired brick structures of uncertain age. See photos here.	SCA Beheira register no. 100134.
Magayir (iii), K el-	S of Kafr ed-Dauwar	31 02 12N 30 08 19E	127 x 85m (2018)	698	Mound covered by a modern cemetery. Surveyed for the EES by Elena Tiribilli in 2018. See the photos here.	SCA Beheira register no. 100135.
Magayir (iv), K el-	S of Kafr ed-Dauwar	31 02 42N 30 09 54E	levelled	753	This does not seem to correspond to any of the registered sites of this name, but is clearly shown on the 1914 map.	SoE 1:50,000 (1914).
Maghud, T el- (Farasha)	SE of Dahtamun	30 40 03N 31 44 19E	300 x 175 x 4.7m	353	Amsterdam University survey 1984: Former name Tell Farasha. E part of tell covered by village of Ezba Ali Suliman el-Maghud. Details	SCA Sharqiya register 13050074 (as Farashah). SoE 1:25,000 series, 88/675; Brink, MDAIK 43 (1987), 7ff., 23. Earlier condition:ASAE 65, 175-6; Leclant, Orientalia 44, 202.
Mahar, K el-	SW of Kafr ed-Dauwar	31 01 22N 30 03 34E	440 x 200 x 12m (2004)	398	The main part of the site consists of a 10-12m high mound at the north, covered in pottery. The lower slopes of the mound at the SW are covered by a modern cemetery and the SE area of the site is dug out and flattened. Details and photos	SCA Beheira register no. 100167. The location shown in the SCA map brochure differs from these co-ordinates. SoE 1:100,000 (1916). Wilson, P., The West Delta Regional Survey, Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces, 49-51, 297-301, id. 2010, 121.
Mahgar, T el-	see Minshat Abu Omar	30 53 31N 32 02 11E	destroyed	206	Marked on the 1914 map. Just 2.5km south-east of Minshat Abu Omar and 2km south of Tell Ginn. The area is now all cultivated.	SoE 1:50,000 (1914); Müller, in SBAW 8 (1966), Abb.9.
Mahgara, T el-	W of Damietta	31 24 30N 31 34 33E	260 x 120m (2016)	715	Mound reduced by fields and occupied by disused? military installations. Originally extended further to the west.	SCA Daqahliya - Damietta register no. 050112.
Mahgarit el Ganib, K	Central N coast	31 27 05N 31 17 40E	400 x 200m	133	A large sandy mound, partly occupied by some modern installations.	On map in Bietak, Tell ed-Daba, II.

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