Excavation in Egypt at Tell el-Balamun. Project leader: Jeffrey Spencer Department: Ancient Egypt and Sudan Project start: 1991Project end: 2010 External partners:Dr Tomasz Herbich, Polish Center for Mediterranean Archaeology and Polish Academy of SciencesDr Patricia Spencer, Egypt Exploration Society Project funded by:The British Museum Description: This archaeological excavation in Egypt was designed to recover the history of a major site in the Egyptian Nile Delta. The discoveries made by the project have changed the perception of the site from that of an unknown antique mound to the location of one of the main cities of Lower Egypt, occupied for over three millennia.
Discoveries made by the project since 1991 include the foundations of four pharaonic temples, three mud-brick enclosure walls, a secure citadel and a small cemetery for important officials connected with the temples. Objectives: The context of the pottery and objects found in the excavation often permits quite accurate dates to be given to this material. A.J. A.J. Franck Goddio. Tanis - San el-Hagar. SEPE Introduction. BM - Tell el-Balamun.