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... that Moain Sadeq led excavations at Tell es-Sakan in the Gaza Strip, the oldest known ancient Egyptian fortification to have been excavated?
Source: "Under the joint direction of P. de Miroschedji ... and M. Sadeq (Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Department of Antiquities of Gaza), several soundings were conducted at the site." and "These fortifications are the oldest Egyptian fortifications presently known from excavations." de Miroschedji, Pierre; Sadeq, Moain (2008). "Sakan, Tell es-". The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land. Vol. 5: Supplementary Volume. Israel Exploration Society/Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS). Retrieved 15 July 2024 – via BAS Library.
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Comment: The wording might need some tweaking, but I've got a cold and this is as good as I can manage at the moment!
Created by Richard Nevell (talk).
Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.
Hook fairly interesting. All cited and neutral. QPQ not needed. Good to go; just link to the Gaza Strip and maybe add "ancient" before Egyptian. Makeandtoss (talk) 10:14, 21 July 2024 (UTC)