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A large multi-functional complex dating to the Fifteenth Dynasty (the Hyksos era) has been uncovered by an Egyptian mission at Tell el-Ku’a in Wadi Tumilat (Ismailia Governorate) in the eastern Nile Delta. The team discovered a walled residential compound, measuring approximately 30 by 60 metres (100 by 200 feet), with halls, rooms, kilns, and storage silos, and an adjacent burial area of ten rectangular mud-brick tombs with a ‘palace façade’ decoration. Human remains were found inside the tombs, with separate crouched burials found outside, suggesting varied funerary practices. Artefacts found at the site include scarabs, bronze tools, alabaster kohl containers, animal bones, and ‘Tell el-Yahudiya Ware’ pottery flasks characteristic of the Second Intermediate Period.
Text: Sarah Griffiths / Image: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
