Tell el-Farkha (Ghazala), 2010-2011

The three koms making up the predynastic site of Tell el-Farkha in the Nile Delta in Egypt continued to be explored in seasons 2010 and 2011. The most important discoveries in the extended trench on the Western Kom were new architectural structures, associated with a so-called Naqadan residence. On the Central Kom, the layout of an Early Dynastic house was cleared up in new excavations; finds included a figurine of a pig in clay. The eastern border of First/Second Dynasty burial field on the Eastern Kom was excavated, uncovering eight new graves