Tell el-Farkha

Tell el-Farkha
Tell el-Farkha
Shown within Egypt
LocationEgypt
Coordinates30°52′14″N 31°36′9″E / 30.87056°N 31.60250°E / 30.87056; 31.60250
Typesettlement
History
FoundedEarly 4th millennium BC
PeriodsLate Chacolithic, Early Bronze Age
Site notes
Excavation dates1986-1990, 1998-present
ArchaeologistsRodolfo Fattovich, Sandro Salvatori, Marek Chłodnicki, Krzysztof Ciałowicz
ConditionRuined
OwnershipPublic
Public accessYes

Tell el-Farkha ("Chicken Hill") is an ancient archaeological site in the eastern Nile Delta lying about 120 kilometers northeast of Cairo. It was occupied from about 3700 BC until about 2600 BC encompassing the Lower Egyptian and Early Naqada cultures and the Protodynastic period.