Ancient Avaris & Pi-Ramesse City

Location	Lower Egypt - northeast of the Delta It lies on the Pelusiac branch of the Nile, which is currently silted up.
Nome	Capital of Royal child - the 19th nome of Lower Egypt
Type of Settlement	Capital City
Local deity	Second Intermediate Period - The desert god Seth New Kingdom - Ra
Ancient name	Hatwaret
Contemporary name	Tell el-Dab'a Qantir
Historical Development	Second Intermediate Period - The Hyksos built their fortified Capital city over a Middle Kingdom town they had captured. New Kingdom - 18th Dynasty: Avaris was captured by Ahmose I, who ended Hyksos rule, the city was razed to the ground in the aftermath of the Egyptian triumph. 19th Dynasty: Avaris was reoccupied when Pharaoh Ramses I founded his new capital city at the old site. The new city called Pi-Ramesse flourished and poems were written over its splendour. 20th Dynasty: The demise of Egyptian authority in Syria and palestine made the city less significant. Third Intermediate Period - When the 21st Dynasty established their capital in Tanis, to the north-west of Pi-Ramesse, the city deteriorated.
Necropolis	Excavations uncovered a Hyksos cemetery dating from the late 13th Dynasty, situated to the west of the main temple's enclosure wall. a) Vaulted mud brick tombs - the most prominent had a burial chamber measuring 2.7 x 1.7 meters and a single vault b) Simple pit burials c) Infant burials in large vessels
Monuments	The Hyksos built a Canaanite-style temple dedicated to god Seth Discoveries from the 19th dynasty include the foundations of palace buildings, temples, arsenals, storehouses, stables and tombs. Pi-Ramesse spread over a vast area of about 10 square kilometers, making the city one of the largest of ancient Egypt