Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham

Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham is located on the North coast of Egypt 20 km to the west of Marsa Matruh, and about 300 km to the west of Alexandria [cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/zurdig/HomeFrame.htm|title=Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham|author=|accessdate=2008-09-27]

During the reign of Ramesses II, it was the location of a fortress which marked the western extent of direct Egyptian influence.cite web|url=http://icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/entertainment/newsandreviews/tm_headline=finding-a-lost-civilisation%26method=full%26objectid=16430455%26page=3%26siteid=50061-name_page.html|title=Finding a lost civilisation|accessdate=2008-09-27]

It was discovered in 1948 and in the subsequent years was sporadically examined by Alan Rowe and Labib Habachi, between 1994 and 2001 extensive excavations were undertaken by a University of Liverpool under the direction of Steven Snape.

References

Further reading

* L Habachi: "The Military Posts of Ramesses II on the Coastal Road and the Western Part of the Delta", in: "BIFAO" 80 (1980), S. 13-30
* S. R. Snape: "Walls, Wells and Wandering Merchants: Egyptian Control of the Marmarica in the Late Bronze Age" in: C.J. Eyre (Hrsg.), "Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress of Egyptologists", Leuven 1998, S. 1081-84
* S. R. Snape: "The excavations of the Liverpool University Mission to Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham 1994-2001", in: "ASAE" 78 (2004), S. 149-160, Kairo.