Results of the excavation of el-Tarheelat police office site 2010-2012 in Kom el-Dikka, Alexandria, Egypt

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The Egyptian ministry of antiquities led an archaeological excavation at the site of el-Tarheelat from 2010 to 2012.

el-Tarheelat site is one of the most important sites in the Kom el-Dikka neighborhood.

it lies about 190m away from the auditorium, and about 55m far from the Boubastion temple, discovered at the end of 2009.

the excavation in the site of el-Tarheelat has revealed some monuments from Byzantine period like remains of a kiln made of red bricks and limestone, some glass remains, pieces of slag-stone blocks covered with slag, as well as, remains of a water tank, remains of walls and foundations of buildings.

after an abandonment period, the area had been reused as a cemetery, probably, in Islamic period, as more than eleven burials were discovered in different spots at the site.

the fieldwork yielded also a great number of finds such as worked ivory, bones, worked wood, coins and metal pieces, pottery shards, stamped handles, ostraca, and small statuettes’ heads of terracotta.

according to these finds, the main occupation in the site dates back to the period from the 4th to 7th century AD.