Tell el-Retaba, season 2016
Tell el-Retaba, season 2016
Author(s): Lucia Hulková, Veronika Dubcová, Łukasz Jarmużek, Jozef Hudec, Sławomir RzepkaSubject(s): Archaeology, Present Times (2010 - today)
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Tell el-Retaba; Second Intermediate Period; Hyksos; New Kingdom; Third Intermediate Period; Late Period;
Summary/Abstract: Excavations of the Polish–Slovak Archaeological Mission in Tell el-Retaba in 2016 were continued in the western part of the site, uncovering remains of domestic and funerary structures from the Second Intermediate Period in Area 4. Houses from the first half of the Eighteenth Dynasty were also investigated in this area. In Area 9, several houses from the Third Intermediate Period were explored and, for the first time, also substantial remains of a Late Period settlement, including at least one “tower house”.
Journal: Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
- Issue Year: 1/2017
- Issue No: XXVI
- Page Range: 109-135
- Page Count: 27
- Language: English
