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Tell el-Retaba

a Pleiades place resource

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Tell el-Retaba is a large, multi-phase settlement site located in the central part of Wadi Tumilat. Its human activity ranges from the period of Hyksos settlers to the Third Intermediate Period to the 19th century.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/48107156

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
30.5485661, 31.9643933

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Tell al-Rataba (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Tell el-Retaba (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)

Tell el-Retaba makes connections with:

Tell el-Retaba located at Wadi Tumilat (unspecified date range)

Tell el-Retaba receives connections from:

None

Place type:
archaeological site

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Tell el-Retaba : a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/48107156> [accessed: 10 May 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/48107156 |title=Places: 48107156 (Tell el-Retaba ) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=May 10, 2026 4:24 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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