Sites & cities that bear the name of Tell el-Samara

Tell el-Samara

Today in : Egypt
First trace of activity : ca. 5,000 B.C.E
Last trace of activity : ca. 28th century B.C.E

Description : The Predynastic site of Tell el-Samara is located in the Daqahliya governorate, 25km southeast of Mansura. e tell borders on the Samara village to the east and its upper part, rising 2-3m above the surrounding fields, is about 6ha. It indicated human habitation as early as 5,000 BC, some 2,500 years before the Giza pyramids were built, Egypt’s antiquities ministry said.

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