The Egyptian government, in conjunction with archaeological research institutes in Cairo, launched the North Sinaí Archaeological Rescue Project, in 1992 to safeguard at least 40 endangered sites, including Tell el-Ghaba. The Mission, which began working in the area in 1995 and had belong to Argentine institutions until last year, aims to rescue and recover the affected area, which had a strategic location that allowed it to control transit and arable lands. Built and occupied between the begging of the Third Intermediate Period and the Middle Site Period ( from the mid-10 century BC) it functioned as a border post on the road linking Egypt with Palestine and the Levant, known as the Way of Horus. Fifteen years past since the last fieldwork and before any other team from outside Egypt set foot in North Sinaí. This year's goal is to conduct a new inventory and asses the state of conservation of the object, as well as a new planimetry of the concession area site to update all this information.
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The Tell el-Ghaba Mission is an archaeological project supported by Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, which aims to contribute to understanding of the history and archaeology of the North Sinaí and Eastern Delta regions of ancient Egypt. To this end, since 1995 we have been working on the archaeological recovery of the Tell el-Ghaba site. We study the materials and structures found in the excavations, dedicated ourselves conservation, and disseminate the results. This work is important because it provides us with the information on little-studied aspects of Egypt's past, such us the daily lives of its inhabitants and role this site played on the eastern border of the Egyptian state. This is an important area for land and sea trade, with connections to other areas of Egypt, the Levant and the Mediterranean. Our work also aims to preserve this heritage, located in a complex area subject to various threats to its conservation.
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