Gebel Shekh Umbarak (Faiyum)

Site description:

The Late Antique village is approximently 13.5 kilometres to the north of el-Hibeh on the east bank of the Nile.

Type of site:

Town

Timeframe:

Town (Late Antique Period).

Excavation season:

Relevant publications:

Grenfell, Bernard P. and Arthur S. Hunt 1902. Graeco-Roman branch. Excavations at Hibeh, Cynopolis and Oxyrhynchus. Archaeological Report (Egypt Exploration Fund) (1902-1903), 1-9.