Magnetic survey of the Late Period grate temple enclosure in Tell el-Balamun, Egypt

Abstract

Tell el-Balamun lies at the northern edge of the Delta, close to where the eastern branch of the Nile empties into the Mediterranean and it was the northernmost town of Pharaonic Egypt. Explored on and off in the early 20th century and the 1970s, it has been since 1991 the object of investigation by an expedition led by J.A.Spencer and sponsored by the British Museum. Work has focused on a temple complex surrounded by enclosure walls in the southern part of the site (Fig. 1). The plan and dating (...)