Sixty Years of Excavation and Research in Tell el-Dab‘a/Avaris (1966–2026)

Part 1: Collected Essays

Extent: 452 pages

Publisher: Wiley-VCH

Subjects: African Studies, World Archaeology

Series: Contributions to the Archaeology of Egypt, Nubia and the Levant

Language: English

Hardback (Forthcoming)

(December 2026)

ISBN: 9783447126137

8.31 x 11.69 inches

Price: $160.00

Synopsis

From 1966 to 2026, seventy-five excavation and study campaigns at Tell el-Dab‘a/Avaris have yielded an exceptional body of evidence that will reshape aspects of the history and interactions of Egypt and the ancient Near East. Some of these discoveries are presented in this anniversary volume.
Levantine immigrants settled around a planned 12th Dynasty settlement and its harbour, establishing a trade emporium under royal patronage. Beginning around 1700 BCE, the 14th Dynasty of Near Eastern origin ruled the region and introduced Near Eastern cults, particularly that of the storm god, who was locally identified with the god Seth. The 15th Dynasty, the Hyksos, subsequently established a kingdom in northern Egypt. Their rule was ended by Ahmose, founder of the 18th Dynasty, who reunified Egypt while respecting the still-existing temple of Seth-Ba‘al. During the 18th Dynasty, under Tuthmosis III, Tell el-Dab‘a became the important harbour of Peru-nefer. A palace decorated with Minoan frescoes reflects the close relations between the Egyptian and Minoan courts. After a period of disuse, Horemheb constructed a temple to Seth on the ruins of the Ba‘al temple and laid the foundation for the Ramesside royal residence in the 19th Dynasty.

Other Titles in this Series

Landscape and resource management in Bronze Age Nubia

Archaeological perspectives on the exploitation of natural resources and the circulation of commodities in the Middle Nile

Volume 17

edited by Julia Budka and Rennan Lemos

The Enigma of the Hyksos Volume I

ASOR Conference Boston 2017 - ICAANE Conference Munich 2018 - Collected Papers

Volume 9

edited by Manfred Bietak and Silvia Prell

Agaische Wandmalereien aus dem Tuthmosidenpalast von Tell el-Dab’a I

Volume 18.1

by Johannes Becker

Reconstructing Pharaonic Architecture in Nubia

The Case Study of SAV1, Sai Island

Volume 80

by Ingrid Adenstedt, edited by Manfred Bietak

The Hyksos Enigma, Volume II

The Hyksos and Egypt: Acculturation Studies. Processes of Acculturation of the Asiatic Population at Tell el-Dab'a (Avaris) during the Late Middle Kingdom and the Second Intermediate Period

Volume 10

by Ernest Bumann, edited by Anna-Latifa Mourad

Across Borders I

The New Kingdom Town of Sai Island, Sector SAV1 North

Volume 82

edited by Julia Budka, contributions by Florence Doyen

Egyptian Name Scarabs from the 12th to the 15th Dynasty

Geography and Chronology of Production

Volume 16

by Alexander Ilin-Tomich

Die Frauenfigurinen von Qantir-Piramesse und Tell el-Dab’a-Avaris

Nackt oder unbekleidet?

Volume 21

By (author) Silvia Prell

The Enigma of the Hyksos Volume VI

Crises et echanges pendant la Deuxieme Periode Intermediaire:Tell el-Dab'a, entre Mediterranee orientale et vallee du Nil

Volume 14

by Sarah Vilain

The Enigma of the Hyksos Volume II

Transforming Egypt into the New Kingdom. The Impact of the Hyksos and Egyptian-Near Eastern Relations

Volume 10

by Anna-Latifa Mourad

The Enigma of the Hyksos. Volume III

Vorderasiatische Bestattungssitten im Ostdelta Agyptens - eine Spurensuche

Volume 11

by Silvia Prell

The Enigma of the Hyksos Volume IV

Changing Clusters and Migration in the Near Eastern Bronze Age. Collected Papers of a Workshop held in Vienna 4th-6th of December 2019

Volume 12

edited by Manfred Bietak and Silvia Prell

The Enigma of the Hyksos Volume V. Zwischen den Zeiten

Uberlegungen zum Ende der drei Reiche im alten Agypten

Volume 13

by Elisa Priglinger

Tradition and Transformation in Ancient Egypt

Proceedings of the Fifth International Congress for Young Egyptologists 15-19 September, 2015, Vienna

Volume 6

edited by Andrea Kahlbacher and Elisa Priglinger

Die Wandreliefs des Zweiten Lichthofes im Grab des Monthemhat (TT34)

Versuch einer Zeichnerischen Rekonstruktion

Volume 2

by Ingrid Gamer-Wallert, edited by Manfred Bietak

Ancient Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Palaces. Volume II

Proceedings of a workshop held at the 10th ICAANE in Vienna, 25-26 April 2016

Volume 8

edited by Manfred Bietak, Paolo Matthiae and Silvia Prell

Similar Books

A Bestiary of Ancient Nubia

Volume 4

Edited by Marc Maillot

A Demotic Book of Transformations

Volume 50

By (author) Mark Smith

A Foraging Nexus

Space, Food, and Magic at Dunefield Midden, South Africa

Volume 86

By (author) Brian A. Stewart Foreword by John Parkington

A Little Handbook of Stratigraphic Exercises

Mastering the Harris Matrix

By (author) Adonice-Ackad Baaklini

Ancient wooden statues from Middle Egypt (2205–1630 BC). A comparative study on style, functions and ritual entanglements

Volume 20

By (author) Tina Beck

Applied Zooarchaeology

Five Case Studies

by Steven J. Wolverton, Lisa Nagaoka, and Torben C. Rick, with a foreword by Steven…

Archaeological Excavations at Irmis Rka: An Investigation of a Multi-Layered Settlement in Southwest Georgia

Results from the 2020 Season: Early Bronze Age to Medieval Occupations

By (author) Gia Chilingarashvili By (author) Levan Losaberidze By (author) Mindia Jalabadze By (author) Aleko…

Baptism in the Holy Land

The Literary Evidence and the Archaeological Context

Volume 49

By (author) Joseph Patrich

Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie

Glass in the Islamic World

Edited by Francine Giese Edited by Sophie Wolf Edited by Sarah Tabbal

Broxy Kennels Fort, Souterrain and Surrounding Landscape, Perth

By (author) Kenneth Green With John-James Atkinson With Christina Mollie Dogherty With Charlotte Hunter With…

Building Death: Readings on French and Iberian Prehistoric Hypogea

Edited by Marie-Elise Porqueddu Edited by Nuria Castañeda Edited by Rosa Barroso Bermejo Edited by…

Castlehill Wood (re-)Dun: Reinterpreting a Stirling Oddity

By (author) Murray Cook

Catuvellaunia and Rome: Economic and Political Relations during the Final Decades Pre-conquest

The Role of Grain from Southeastern Britain and Its Potential for Maintenance of the Roman Military along the Frontier on the Rhine

By (author) Alistair Marshall

Colour Concept “Secoli bui” a colori

Codici cromatici e architetture dipinte nell’età tardoantica e medievale

Edited by Elisabetta Neri Edited by Paolo Liverani Edited by Fulvio Cervini

Cretan Chronicle: An Archaeological Childhood

By (author) Mary Van Dyke

Crossing Disciplines in the Study of Archaeology and Prehistoric Art: Insights from the Sahara and Mediterranean Africa

Proceedings of the XX UISPP World Congress (5–9 September 2023, Timișoara, Romania) Volume / Session 18

Edited by Barbara E. Barich

Crossing Sacred Landscapes

Contacts and Continuities in the Desert Cults and Beliefs of Ancient Northern Arabia and the Arid Southern Levant

Edited by Juan Manuel Tebes Edited by Michael C.A. Macdonald

Cuneiform Artefacts from Archaeological Contexts: New Research on Ancient Iraq

Proceedings of a Conference Held at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, July 4–5, 2024

Volume 2

Edited by Walther Sallaberger Edited by Anna Krisztina Pintér

Digging into Pottery: Scientific Approaches to Archaeological Ceramic Analysis Around the World

Edited by Maja Miše Edited by Andrea Martínez-Carrasco

ENTANGLED AFRICA

Intra-African Relations Between Rain Forest and Mediterranean from Around 4,000 BCE to 1,500 CE

Edited by Johanna Sigl Edited by Jörg Linstädter

Ethnoarchaeology of Buildings 1

Edited by María Pastor Quiles

Eunuchs, Patriarchs and Macedonians

Studies on Byzantine Social History (7th–11th c.)

Volume 19

By (author) Thomas Pratsch

Exploring Prehistoric Pottery in Japan

A Study of Organic Inclusions, Adhering Materials, and Impressions of Woven Items

Edited by Hiroki Obata

Fowler’s Pottery: Excavation of a 19th Century Manufacturing Site in Mid Ulster

By (author) Sarah Gormley By (author) Jordan McClelland

From Coast to Coast

Current Archaeological Research on Cultural Exchange along and across the Baltic Sea

Volume 19

Edited by Adam Cieśliński Edited by Slawomir Wadyl Edited by Christoph Jahn

Frontiers of the Roman Empire: The Frontier of the Roman Province of Raetia

Grenzen des Römischen Reiches: Die Grenze der Römischen Provinz Raetien

By (author) Thomas Fischer By (author) Veronika Fischer By (author) Christof Flügel By (author) Markus…

Book cover: Gold, Silver and Glass: Power Networks, Cultural Identities, Technology Transfers and Agency across the Old World (7th Century BC – 1st Century AD)

Gold, Silver and Glass: Power Networks, Cultural Identities, Technology Transfers and Agency across the Old World (7th Century BC – 1st Century AD)

Proceedings of a Conference Held at the British Museum, 16–18 June 2023

Edited by St John Simpson

Harvesting the Margins of the Viking World

Decentralizing Economies in Late Iron Age Fennoscandia

Volume 6

Edited by Charlotta Hillerdal Edited by Kristin Ilves

Images of Anonymous Women

A Semiotic Approach to Image-Text Relations in Interpretation of Ancient Near Eastern Art and the Hebrew Bible

Volume 310

By (author) Y. Kim

In the Crosswinds of History

The Archive of Bēl-ušallim, Descendant of Ingalēa

Volume 34

By (author) Kristin Kleber

Journal of Urban Archaeology 13 (2026)

Featuring a special section, ‘Lost Towns and Cities: Rediscovering Urban Sites through Archival and Legacy Data’

Korean Mummies of the Joseon Kingdom

An Introduction for Archaeologists

Edited by Dong Hoon Shin Associate editor Chang Seok Oh Associate editor Jong Ha Hong

Living on Small Islands: Archaeological Perspectives on Vulnerability and Resilience

Edited by Erica Angliker Edited by Lilian de Angelo Laky

Making and Meaning in the Bronze and Iron Ages

Chronology, Landscapes and Societies across Europe. Proceedings from the METALAGES2024 Colloquium (Florence, 23 October 2024)

Edited by Lucía Ruano Posada Edited by Dirk Brandherm Edited by Luis Berrocal-Rangel

Medieval Rural Settlement and Infrastructure Archaeology Across Europe

Edited by Carenza Lewis Edited by Neil Christie Edited by Gareth Davies Edited by Aidan…

Medieval Yeghegis, Armenia

History, Archaeology, Society. Local Multiplicities and Global Connections of a Rural Centre on the Silk Road(s)

Edited by Zaroui Pogossian Edited by Michele Nucciotti

Mobility and Archaeogenetics in Central Asia

People – Goods – Ideas. 3rd International Conference on Central Asian Archaeology in Bern, 11th–13th January 2024

Volume 24

Edited by Christoph Baumer Edited by Mirko Novák Edited by Susanne Rutishauser

Model EU and Pattern OHADA?

Perspectives of a Mutual Influence in Commercial Law

Edited by Peter Jung

Music and Colonialism in Fascist Italy

Identity, Propaganda, and Ethnographic Representation

Volume 13

By (author) Isabella Abbonizio

New Insights into the Planning of the Antonine Wall

By (author) John Poulter

Number, Measurement and the Search for the Concept of Weight in Prehistory

Volume 8

By (author) Aleksander Dzbyński

Offa’s Dyke Journal: Volume 7 for 2025

A Journal for Linear Monuments, Frontiers and Borderlands Research

Edited by Howard Williams

Sixty Years of Excavation and Research in Tell el-Dab‘a/Avaris (1966–2026)

Tell a Colleague/Librarian/Friend

Other Titles in this Series

Similar Books

Join the ISD Mailing List