Heliopolis

Alternative site names:

Héliopolis; Matareyya; Ayn Chams; Tell el-Hisn; Tell el Hisn; Tell Hisn

Type of site:

Temple; tombs; animal necropolis

Timeframe:

Temple (3rd Dynasty-Ptolemaic Period); tombs (6th Dynasty, 19th Dynasty, Late Period); animal necropolis (19th Dynasty)

Excavation season:

Relevant publications:

Catalogue of Egyptian antiquities: found by Prof. Flinders Petrie and students at Tarkhan, Heliopolis and Memphis, 1912 ; exhibited at University College, Gower St., London, June 24th to July 20th / British School of Archaeology in Egypt 1912. London: BSAE.

Petrie, W. M. Flinders and Ernest Mackay 1915. Heliopolis, Kafr Ammar and Shurafa. British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Egyptian Research Account [24] (18th year). London: School of Archaeology in Egypt; Bernard Quaritch.