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Excavated places tagged “tell” in Egypt · Mysteria

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Excavated places tagged “tell” in Egypt

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Fortress

Tell el-Retaba (Wadi Tumilat Fortress)

Second Intermediate to Saite (c. 1800–525 BCE; Hyksos–Ramesside fortress) · Hyksos / New Kingdom Egyptian (Ramesside)

Wadi Tumilat gate fortress claimed as biblical Pithom/Succoth, with Hyksos glacis and Ramesside Tjeku fortress of Seti I (Pr-Atum). Excavated by Naville, Petrie and Polish mission...