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Abstract
The present thesis is mainly devoted to the use of shallow refraction seismic and ground penetrating radar techniques for prospecting at the archaeological site of the Bahbiet El Hegara Village, Gharbiya Governorate. This site lies on the western bank of the Damietta branch at the central part of the Nile Delta. This area comprises the archaeological site of the of Isies Pharonoiac Temple (the Thirty Pharaonic Dynasty, 380343 BC), which was the center of the worship of Isies. This site includes destroyed stone blocks of the Isies Temple, which appears as a pile of collapsed blocks of different sizes and rock types (granites, granodiorites, hybridized igneous rocks and occasionally sandstones). The selection of this site for the present work was based on previously published electric and magnetic surveys, which were conducted in the same site. These geophysical investigations revealed the presence of archaeological relics buried at depths ranging from 1 to 5 m below the ground surface. Therefore, the present study deals, in addition to the archaeoprospection with, the evaluation of the reliability of the refraction seismic surveying techniques, compared with the GPR, electric and magnetic methods. However, evaluation of the hydrogeological characteristics of the soil layer that has direct impact on both the buried and the surface stone blocks of the destroyed temple. Topographically, the study area has undulated, low surface topography than the surrounding irrigated lands. Therefore, a possible (apparent) rise in the subsoil water is expected, which gives rise to formation of moisted spots in the area with occasional salt accumulation due to evaporation.