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Avaris

Tell el-Daba
Egypt1700 BCE1550 BCEHyksos — New Kingdom30.85, 31.87
About the site

Capital of the Hyksos, possibly the biblical Goshen. Excavations reveal Semitic populations and architecture consistent with the Exodus narrative timeframe.

Principal findings
  • iSemitic-style houses
  • iiMinoan frescoes
  • iiiTemple of Astarte
  • ivHyksos fortifications

Excavators — Manfred Bietak