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Tell el Roba (Mendes)

City / RuinsEgyptc. 3,000 BCEPredynastic to Late Period Egyptian

Ancient capital Per-Banebdjedet in the Nile Delta, occupied from Predynastic times (~4000 BCE) through the Late Period. Briefly the capital of Egypt during the 29th Dynasty. Massive megalithic naos (shrine) blocks remain unexplained.

30.9628°, 31.5158°

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