Preliminary Report on the Geophysical Survey at Tell el-Dabca/Qantir in Spring 2008

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project we are indebted to the Austrian Archaeological Institute and the Austrian Science Fund. The survey of season 2008 is part of the new project "Stadtentwicklung im Nildelta" funded by the Austrian Science Fund. 2 For these surveys s. I. FORSTNER-MÜLLER, W. MÜLLER, C. SCHWEITZER, M. WEISSL, Preliminary report on the geophysical survey at c Ezbet Rushdi/Tell el-Dab c a in

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