Developing the ‘Luxor of the North’

[rangerrebew]

 Developing the ‘Luxor of the North’

 

San Al-Hagar, or the Tanis archaeological site, is located in Egypt’s northern Delta and was once the capital of the ancient 22nd and 23rd dynasties. The site still boasts many monumental relics and is one of the country’s largest and most impressive sites, causing Egyptologists to dub it the “Luxor of the North”.

The site is characterised by reused materials from neighbouring sites from earlier periods such as Qantir or Pi-Ramses, Egypt’s capital during the reign of the Pharaoh Ramses II, and the Hyksos capital of Avaris.

 http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/23591.aspx

[Ghost Bear]

Tanis was where Indiana Jones found the Ark of the Covenant in the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark.