The original name of this site was Tell el-Hagar, but it is now known locally Tell Halbouny from the name of the adjacent village. Visited for the EES survey in April 2007. The surface of the mound is covered by deep layers of straw and other agricultural material, which conceals and surface features. At the south end the mound has been tested by the SCA with rows of small trenches, visible on the satellite image. This work was done in preparation for release of the land for a waste-processing plant, but this has not yet been constructed. Egypt Exploration Society Delta Survey no. 147.
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