Geophysical survey at Tell el-Ghaba, 2010
Geophysical survey at Tell el-Ghaba, 2010

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the results of geophysical prospection carried out in 2010 on the site of Tell el-Ghaba in northern Sinai where an Argentinian archaeological project working in 1995–2002 uncovered architectural remains from the Twenty-sixth Dynasty. The aim was to trace the limits of occupation and the settlement layout. An area of 6.5 ha in the southeastern part of the site was surveyed, applying the magnetic method (FM256 gradiometer by Geoscan Research) in a sampling grid of 0.50 m by 0.25 m. A ground survey recording surface pottery scatter determined the area of the site at approximately 12 ha. The magnetic prospection indicated that architectural remains extended only in a zone approximately 100 m wide, running alongside the eastern shore of a lagoon. The magnetic map also indicated the position and inner layout of individual buildings. The results of geophysical research have confirmed the usefulness of the magnetic method in reconstructing the layout of urban architecture made of Nile silt brick.

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