Tell el-Dab'a

Tell el-Dab’a
Location	Sharqia, Egypt
Region	Nile delta
Coordinates	30°47′N 31°50′E / 30.783°N 31.833°E

Tell el-Dab'a is the modern name for the ancient city of Avaris, an archaeological site in the Nile Delta region of Egypt where the capital city of the Hyksos, once stood. Avaris was occupied by Asiatics from the end of the 12th through the 13th Dynasty consisting a mixture of cultures of Near East and Egyptian. Avaris became one of the largest city and capital of the Near East during the 14th Dynasty under the Hyksos King Nehesy, consisting of a large Asiatic population. Avaris, geological was placed within a strategic location becoming a military rival to the Egyptians. The Hyksos stayed militarily rivals to the Egyptians till their defeat and partial abandonment of Avaris at the end of the Second Intermediate Period when Ahmoses I reunified Egypt at the end of the 17th Dynasty and start of the New Kingdoms 18th Dynasty.^[1] Avaris still contained a large population of Asiatic until its full abandonment following the construction of Pi-Ramesses under Ramesses II during the 19th Dynasty.^[2]

^ Van De Mieroop, Marc. "The Second Intermediate Period and the Hyksos (ca. 1700-1550)". A History of Ancient Egypt. Wiley-Blackwell.
^ Manfred Bietak, Nicola Math, and Vera Müller, “Report on the excavations of a Hyksos Palace of Tell el Dabᶜa/Avaris.” Ägypten und Levante 22/23 (2013): 15-35.

[1] Van De Mieroop, Marc. "The Second Intermediate Period and the Hyksos (ca. 1700-1550)". A History of Ancient Egypt. Wiley-Blackwell.

[2] Manfred Bietak, Nicola Math, and Vera Müller, “Report on the excavations of a Hyksos Palace of Tell el Dabᶜa/Avaris.” Ägypten und Levante 22/23 (2013): 15-35.

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