Temple of Ezbet Rushdi

The ancient Egyptian Temple of Ezbet Rushdi was discovered near the modern village of Ezbet Rushdi el-Saghira – itself just north of Tell el-Dab'a, the ancient Avaris – and dates to the Twelfth Dynasty.

[1] It was first excavated from 1951 by Shehata Adam who was working for the Egyptian Antiquities Service.

[1] The entrance was on the north side, where the walls were stronger and it seems that they formed a brick pylon.

However, the Austrian excavations showed that under the temple stretched an older settlement, which could be dated by pottery to the first half of the 12th Dynasty.

The temple itself was given a new construction date at c. the mid-12th Dynasty, probably at year 5 of Senusret III, as indicated by the above-mentioned stela.