Name	Location	Map ref.	Extent	No.	Notes	Literature
Salih, K (Saleh)	E of Buto	31 12 38N 30 48 53E	levelled	278	DAI 1983 survey found the mound destroyed, but sherds in the fields over an area 100m long. Three examples of Roman to Coptic date noted by Ballet and von der Way (1993). More recently investigated by Robert Schiestl.	P Ballet and T von der Way, MDAIK 49 (1993), 18; Schiestl, 2010a, 11-13;id. 2017a.
Salwa, K	N of Biyala	31 19 40N 31 13 36E	overbuilt	116	Attempt to locate the site by J and P Spencer in 1997 failed after long excursions along dirt tracks. CORONA images from the 1960s show an area of wasteland with mound remnants just being reclaimed. Ezba Kom es-Sahayet is 1.5 km to W of the site location.	-
Samahat, K es-	N of Kafr es-Sheikh	31 11 49N 30 57 52E	destroyed	6	On the 1914 map, shown as a mound of 420 x 220m. No traces remain, only cultivated fields.	SoE 1:50,000 (1914).
Samara, T	15km NE of Simbellawein	30 55 16N 31 36 48E	290 x 215 x 6m in 1987	175	Visited by J and P Spencer in 1990: a low black mound with a Late Predynastic to Early Dynastic cemetery. Part covered by modern cemetery. SCA excavations in 2000. Details and photos	SCA Daqahliya - Dameitta register no. 050303 (location marked erroneously as 050304 on SCA map). SoE 1:25,000 series, 91/660. See Leclant, Or .52 (1983), 472; Or. 54 (1985), 349 and BIFAO 104 (2), 2004, 705.
Samedi, K	Canopus	31 18 46N 30 03 24E	part overbuilt	223	Part of ancient Canopus, remains of mound in a built-up area.	-
Sami, T	7km SE of San el Hagar	30 56 21N 31 57 41E	levelled	623	Indicated as an unnamed Tell on the edge of inundated land on 1914 map. Now just fields at the edge of a small village.	SCA Sharqiya register 13060009. SoE 1:50,000 (1914).
Sammanud	At Sammanud town	30 57 32N 31 14 30E	Overbuilt	76	Ancient Sebennytos. The mound is quite elevated but is totally covered by the modern town. Temple site destroyed long ago: blocks collected in an open-air store by the SCA. Details	SCA Gharbiya register no. 080204. PM, iv.  ASAE 11 (1911), 90-6; Naville, Mound of the Jew, 23-6 and pl.VI. Leclant & Clerc, Or. 69 (2000), 218-9.
Samn, K es-	N of Cairo	30 12 55N 31 17 02E	destroyed	52	A town on an ancient site..	SoE 1:50,000 (1914
Samuni, T el-	3.5km E of Dahtamun	30 40 48N 31 44 30E	destroyed	541	Amsterdam University survey reported part of the site had been levelled and the rest overbuilt by village of Ezba Nicola Saluka. Details	SCA Unregistered site no. 130004, under the name Tell ed-Dummiyin. SoE 1:25,000 series, 88/675; Brink, MDAIK 43 (1987), 7ff., 23.
San el Hagar	N of Husseiniya	30 58 30N 31 53 00E	Massive extant mound	166	Major site not subject of this survey Ancient Tanis. See bibliography for excavations and discoveries.	SCA Sharqiya register 13060010. ESA 1:50,000 map (1996), sheet NH36-J4d. For bibliography, click here: San el-Hagar
Sandala	20 km E of Desuq	31 09 20N 30 50 12E	100m long and 15m high (1983)	470	DAI drill-core tests in 1983. The archaeological mound is situated in the middle of the village, partly overbuilt by houses and modern tombs. Details	See MDAIK 40, 323; P Ballet and T von der Way, MDAIK 49 (1993), 18 and Fig. 17, no. 58. SCA Kafr es- Sheikh register no. 090154. On SoE 1:100,000 (1916) map as village of 'Sandila'.
Sandanhor	S of Benha	30 24 09N 31 12 12E	overbuilt	692	A modern town on an ancient site.	SCA Qalubiya register no. 070104.
Sangaha, Gez.	SW of Tell Rak	30 50 51N 31 38 45E	part levelled	592	Listed in Amsterdam University 1984-5 survey as having been partly levelled for agriculture or settlement. Ancient site on sand gezira. Early Dynastic sherds reported.	Artibus Asiae 21 (1958), 86; Brink, in MDAIK 43 (1987), 21, 23.
Sangar, T	In Lake Burullos	31 29 57N 30 55 10E	700 x 400m (2007)	599	On SoE 1:100,000 map (1916) only as island of Geziret Sangar, not as ancient site. The ancient mound is at the south end. Visited by Penny Wilson for the Delta Survey in 2012. An area of 90 x 140m with pottery and brick was noted. The pottery was Late Roman to Islamic; red slipped wares and glazed wares.	SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090150
Sanhur, T	7 km N of Minshat Abu Omar	30 57 54N 32 00 59E	750 x 600m (2001)	197	Visited in November 2001 by J and  P Spencer. A very large and high mound with sandy surfaces, littered with fired bricks, ceramic slag and glass fragments. Details and photos	SCA Sharqiya register 13060016. Foucart, Rec Trav. 20, 168; id., in ASAE 2 (1901), 79. See Details page for more references.
Sanyura, T el-	8km NE of Kafr Saqr	30 49 23N 31 43 17E	500 x 200m	678	A sand gezira at the E side of the town. The area under SCA supervision is a strip clear of buildings between the town and the modern cemetery.	SCA Sharqiya register 13050071.
Saqya, K el-	SW of Abu Hummus	30 57 01N 30 11 04E	overbuilt	416	On the 1914 map as a small mound. Shown only as a village on ESA 1996 map NH36-I4c. The flattened mound is overbuilt by a village and a small modern cemetery.	SCA Beheira register no. 100242. SoE 1:50,000 (1914); 1:100,000 (1916).
Sarahig, K el-	4 km N of K Alawi (241)	31 23 12N 30 42 13E	400x 200m (2007)	460	Tell still extant among reclaimed land in 2020. Size reduced to 270 x 112m.	On SoE 1:50,000 (1909) map, sheet VII-II NW. SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090126.
Sarari, T	N of Awlad Musa	30 49 10N 31 44 10E	levelled to fields	564	Amsterdam University survey 1984-5. Site now cultivated. Former tell of 5 feddans. No pottery noted.	SoE 1:25,000 series, 90/675; Brink, MDAIK 43 (1987), 7ff., 21.
Sauwan, K es-	S of Abu Hummus	31 02 10N 30 15 50E	overbuilt	386	Hogarth report to EEF in 1895: 'Much dug, not much left, Saite bricks', are his comments (see ref. to P Spencer). Hogarth used the spelling 'Suan'. Covered by village and cemetery.	SCA Beheira register no. 100179 (location on SCA map inexact). SoE SoE 1:50,000 (1914); 1:100,000 (1916). P Spencer, in Studies on Ancient Egypt in honour of H S Smith (EES 1999), 305, 309.
Sauwan, T K es-	-	-	-	-	Under this name see also under Kom Sauwan, T (452)	-
Sebakh, K es-	NW of Damanhur	31 05 30N 30 26 00E	levelled	287	No trace found by S R Snape during a visit to the area in 1996. Satellite images show fields at the edge of a village, with possible site remnants at 31 05 26N 30 26 25E.	-
Sebakha, T el-	At Es-Sebakha, Near Mansura	30 58 04N 31 21 56E	overbuilt	515	GR Town and cemetery NW of tell with Roman tombs of white limestone, rectangular, with gabled roof, used as bath by villagers, noted by Chaban. In 1912 covered only 12 feddans.	Koms à Sabakh:12; Chaban, M. 1906, 'Sur Le Tombeau Romain de Tell el Sebakha', in ASAE 7 (1906),17-18. Daressy ASAE 13 (1913), 184; Bietak, Tell ed Daba, II, 112.
Sebakhiya, T	SW of Husseiniya	30 50 02N 31 52 52E	levelled	545	Amsterdam University survey reported the site had been almost destroyed by 1984-5. Dusty surface produced few sherds (Saite, Ptolemaic and Roman). Levelled to cultivation. Tell shows in field pattern to 2016 as a rounded shape of 60m diameter.	SoE 1:25,000 series, 90/690; Brink, MDAIK 43 (1987), 7ff., 22.
Sefier, T	NNW of Biyala	31 18 48N 31 10 48E	levelled	603	Satellite images of the area show only fields (2007).	SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090155.
Semasem, T el-	NE of Cairo	30 11 14N 31 20 28E	reduced	723	A tiny tell remnant next to a built complex	SCA Qalubiya register no. 070204.
Sersana	El-Shuhada	30 35 47N 30 54 02E	much reduced	640	The archaeological area is surrounded by buildings, which have encroached on the site since SCA excavations began in 1994. Visited for the EES by J. Rowland in 2005 and 2007. Details and photos	Daressy, in ASAE 12 (1912), 205. SCA No. 080104 (Menufiya) in 'The Rest of the Lower Egypt Governorates' publication of the SCA (2002); See P. Wilson and J. Rowland in JEA 92 (2006), 10
Shabbas esh-Shuhada	SE of Desuq	31 05 27N 30 44 41E	destroyed and overbuilt	467	Modern town on site of ancient Shabasa. Islamic cemetery on west, shown on both the 1916 and 1996 maps, might cover part of ancient mound. A small area of the mound at the SE of the town free of buildings in 2005.	SoE 1:100,000 (1916); ESA map NH36-M2a; Schiestl 2010b, 7.
Shablanga	7km E of Benha	30 28 19N 31 15 36E	overbuilt	693	A town on an ancient site. A small mound remnant shows on satellite imagery (2006) at the S edge of the town.	SCA Qalubiya register no. 070105.
Shagamba	6 km NW of Bilbeis	30 26 57N 31 31 20E	covered by modern graves	330	Liverpool University Delta Survey, 1983. Only small high steep-sided mound remains with sheikh's tomb and modern cemetery on top.	SCA Sharqiya register 13080004. Petrie, Hyksos & Israelite Cities, 52-4; Tyldesley, Popular Archaeology July 1985, 35-6.
Shagara, K esh-	N of Biyala	31 13 27N 31 12 36E	300 x 220m (2004)	109	Satellite imagery shows the mound in the cultivated fields, clear of modern structures. Higher at NW and S, with lower centre. Path on the west and canal on the NE side. In March 2016 the whole mound was covered by test-pits, followed in 2021 by the construction of an industrial plant.	SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090102.
Shahabya, El-	NE of Baltim	31 34 57N 31 08 51E	overbuilt	530	Shown only as a village on SoE 1:100,000 map of 1916. Site overbuilt by the town of the same name.	SCA Kafr es-Sheikh register no. 090103.
Shahedi, El-	SE of Itayi el Barud	30 54 00N 30 39 22E	overbuilt	709	A village on a levelled mound.	SCA Beheira register no. 100204.
Shaisha, T	-	-	-	-	See Ahmar, K el- (99)	-
Shaleqan	13km NNW of Giza	30 11 26N 31 09 33E	overbuilt	734	A town on an ancient site.	SCA Qalubiya register no. 070106.
Shalshalamun	3.25km SE of Minyet el Qamh	30 29 32N 31 22 53E	overbuilt	674	Site overbuilt by the modern town.	SCA Sharqiya register no. 13140005.
Shaqafiya, T el-	W Tumilat 3km S of T el Kebir	30 31 08N 31 57 45E	large in 1979	529	American magnetometer survey 1979. Roman sherds and coins.	Leclant, Orientalia 48 (1979), 350.
Shaqafiya, T el-	W Tumilat 20km NE of Bilbeis	30 31 14N 31 47 07E	500 x 200m (2005)	548	Formerly a large sandy mound used as an ancient cemetery.  This area is now all cultivated.	SCA Sharqiya register no. 13040085.
Shaqf, T es-	6km SE of Dahtamun	30 38 05N 31 40 01E	destroyed	542	Amsterdam University survey of 1984 reported the tell had been levelled and covered by village of El-Semek. Details	SoE 1:25,000 series, 88/675; Brink, MDAIK 43 (1987), 7ff.
Sharan, K	10km SW of Abu Hummus	31 02 00N 30 13 57E	overbuilt	620	Shown as a medium-sized mound on the SoE 1:100,000 (1916) map (labelled "Saran"). Levelled and overbuilt by a village.	SCA Beheira register no. 100144 (position transposed on SCA map with T. Ahad (392). SoE 1:50,000 (1914); 1:100,000 (1916).
Shatanuf	13km NW of Ausim	30 14 16N 31 04 30E	overbuilt	309	Ancient site completely overbuilt by a modern town.	SoE 1:50,000 (1914); 1:100,000 (1916); Plan 4 of Bietak, Tell ed-Daba, II.
Shatayein, K esh-	10km SW of Mehalla el-Kubra	30 55 10N 31 04 20E	destroyed	74	Named on the 1914 map but without any Tell indicated. Granite statue from here in Cairo Museum.SCA inspectors told J Spencer in 1990 that this site had been destroyed. Satellite imagery (2007) shows only fields in this location.	SoE 1:50,000 (1914). PM iv, 43, Kamal, in ASAE 2, 126-7, 193.
Shatta, T	Suburb of Damietta	31 24 52N 31 51 19E	overbuilt	717	Satellite imagery (2007) shows an area of flat wasteland on the west edge of Shatta, cut by lagoons. From the northerly location, no older than Roman.	SCA Daqahliya - Damietta register no. 050113.
Shehid	-	-	-	-	See Dundit (507)	-
Sheikh el Arab, K	N of Biyala	31 17 17N 31 12 47E	overbuilt	114	Shown as a mound on SoE 1916 map, but as settlement only on the ESA 1:50,000 1996 map. CORONA images show a substantial mound of 500 x 300m clear of structures. The modern village sits directly on the former mound. Details	SoE 1:100,000 (1916).
Sheikh Ibeid, K el-	Just SE of Tala	30 40 06N 30 58 50E	overbuilt	36	Shown as village only on SoE 1914 map, since developed into a town.	SoE 1:50,000 (1914); 1:100,000 (1916); ESA 1996 map NH36-I5b.

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