Excavation at Tell Edfu, Egypt (IMAGE)

University of Chicago

Excavation at Tell Edfu, Egypt

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Excavation area at Tell Edfu showing superimposed settlement layers dating to various phases, with some of the silos of the 17th Dynasty (ca. 1650-1520 BC) covered by a thick ash layer on top into which several storage compartments were built which are of a later date.

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N. Moeller, Tell Edfu Project, University of Chicago

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