Tell el-Farkha ("Chicken Hill") is an ancient archaeological site in the easternNile Delta lying about 120 kilometers northeast of Cairo. It was occupied from about 3700 BCuntil about 2600 BC encompassing the Lower Egyptian and Early Naqada cultures and the Protodynastic period.

Archaeology

The site of Tell el-Farkha consists of three tells (Western Kom, Central Kom, Eastern Kom) with a total area of about 400 meters by 110 meters (just over 4 hectares) and a height of about 5 meters above the plain. It was first located

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