Ney-ta-hut | |
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| Alternative name | Tell el Yehudiye (Jewish mound) |
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| Location | Kafr Ash Shubak, Heliopolite Nome |
| Region | Lower Egypt |
| Coordinates | 30°17′36.2″N 31°19′57.4″E / 30.293389°N 31.332611°E |
| Type | Ancient location |
| Site notes | |
| Website | Tell el-Yahudiya |
| Ney-ta-hut: 'The Delta site of Tell el-Yahudiya (Mound of the Jews) probably (..) dates to at least as early as the Middle Kingdom and seems to have been occupied right up to the Roman Period. Tell el-Yahudiya was first excavated and published by Naville in 1890, Petrie in 1906 and later investigated by du Buisson for the French Archaeological Institute.' | |
Leontopolis (Egyptian: Ney-ta-hut) is the Greek name of a city that may correspond to either the modern area of Tell el Yehudiye or Tell el-Yahudiya (Egyptian Arabic: Jewish Mound). It was an ancient city of Egypt in the 13th nome of Lower Egypt (the Heliopolite Nome), on the Pelusiac branch of the Nile. This site is known for its distinctive pottery known as Tell el-Yahudiyeh Ware.
The site was part of the Land of Onias, which was home to a Jewish population.