Tell el-Yahudiya North (Leontopolis Annex)
Tell el-Yahudiya North · Leontopolis North · Onias North
Hyksos to Ptolemaic (1720 BCE – 73 CE)·Hyksos / Egyptian / Ptolemaic Jewish (Onias)·🇪🇬 Qalyubia Governorate, 2 km north of Tell el-Yahudiya central mound, Wadi Qanatir gravel ridge, Egypt
About
About Tell el-Yahudiya North (Leontopolis Annex)
Northern spur of the classic double-tell of Yahudiya, with Hyksos rampart extension and Onias-period Jewish cemetery north of the temple platform where Petrie found inverted pots and flint.
Why it mattersKey Hyksos to Ptolemaic (1720 BCE – 73 CE) site illustrating Hyksos / Egyptian / Ptolemaic Jewish (Onias) urbanism and northern hyksos rampart spur and onias jewish temple northern cemetery spur.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Boundary between Hyksos and Onias phases
Theories
- 01Annex as proselyte cemetery
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- Hyksos outer rampart 1720 BCE; Onias northern annex 160 BCE
- Period
- Hyksos to Ptolemaic (1720 BCE – 73 CE)
- Culture
- Hyksos / Egyptian / Ptolemaic Jewish (Onias)
- Builders
- Hyksos
- Purpose
- Northern Hyksos rampart spur and Onias Jewish temple northern cemetery spur
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
Hyksos outer rampart 1720 BCE; Onias northern annex 160 BCE
Initial construction / foundation
20th century
Modern archaeological survey and excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
30.4100° N · 31.4100° E · 18 m · 3 mapped features
Tell el-Yahudiya North (Leontopolis Annex) — Central Tell Summit
tellSummit of tell at Tell el-Yahudiya North (Leontopolis Annex)
30.4100° N · 31.4100° ETell el-Yahudiya North (Leontopolis Annex) — Rampart
fortificationRampart circuit at Tell el-Yahudiya North (Leontopolis Annex)
30.4106° N · 31.4106° ETell el-Yahudiya North (Leontopolis Annex) — Lower Town
settlementLower town extension at Tell el-Yahudiya North (Leontopolis Annex)
30.4094° N · 31.4094° E