Contribution of Surface Geophysical Techniques to The Development and Environmental Protection of Tell Basta Archaeological site, Egypt

摘要

1 Introduction The archaeological site of Tell Basta is located some 80 km northeast of Cairo. The vast ruins of the site (ancient name Bubastis) lies close to the southeastern end of El Zagazig town capital of El Sharkia Governorate, Figure 1.Bubastis was considered, as it had been the capital of the Eighteenth Nome of Lower Egypt. It was important during all the Pharaonic periods due to its location near the Pelasiac and Tanitic branches of the Nile, which gave it a special commercial and political importance. But owing to its situation at the eastern entrance of the Nile Delta, the site was destroyed during one or more of the numerous invasions of Egypt and was afterwards deserted.