Tell el-Retaba, season 2010; Appendix: Tell el-Retaba 2010. Preliminary report on archaeobotanical investigations
Tell el-Retaba, season 2010; Appendix: Tell el-Retaba 2010. Preliminary report on archaeobotanical investigations
Author(s): Clair Malleson, Jozef Hudec, Łukasz Jarmużek, Sławomir RzepkaSubject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Tell el-Retaba; New Kingdom; Third Intermediate Period; migdol; fortress; stable
Summary/Abstract: The fourth season of archaeological fieldwork by a Polish–Slovak team at Tell el-Retaba in Wadi Tumilat in the Nile Delta led to the excavation of barracks or workshops belonging to a fortress of Ramesses II . The strategically located New Kingdom fortresses guarded the passage from Egypt to Sinai and Syria-Palestine. Investigations also focused on a monumental migdol gate leading to a fortress built in the reign of Ramesses III . Among the most interesting discoveries is a Third Intermediate Period stable with tethering stones made of blocks quarried from a New Kingdom temple.
Journal: Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: XXII
- Page Range: 79-95
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English