الفهرس 
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Abstract
Dahshur archaeological area is located at southwest of Cairo, between latitudes
29° 45´ and 29° 50´ N and longitudes 31° 10´ and 31° 15´ E. It represents the southern
extension of the Saqqara and Giza Pyramids plateau, about 8 km south of Saqqara, and
covers a surface area of about 35 km². Dahshour forms the southernmost area of the
Memphis Necropolis and contains a number of pyramid complexes and monuments.
The present work is mainly concerning with the acquisition, processing and
interpretation of the geophysical data (Magnetic and GPR) in order to locate and
characterize the hidden archaeological objects with less time, efforts and money.
Detailed Archaeo-Geophysical survey is applied over five archaeological sites at
Dahshur area by using Magnetic survey and GPR techniques.
First, the magnetic prospecting method has been first conducted as a rapid and
accurate way to give a preliminary image of the existing archaeological remains. The
magnetic measurements are conducted over the archaeological sites (A, B, C, D, and E)
by using (FM36) fluxgate gradiometer produced by Geoscan Research (1987). The
areas under investigation are divided into a number of grids. Each gird has its own
pattern of survey, and is subdivided into a number of parallel traverses.
The magnetic result of the processed magnetic images shows variety of the
buried archaeological features of (tombs, mud brick walls, causeway, and remains of an
ancient harbor).
Second, the GPR measurements are conducted over two archaeological sites (B
and C) using GSSI (SIR-2000) instrument with (200 MHz and 400 MHz) antennas. The
site (B) has been scanned; to correlate with the previous magnetic result with both (200
and 400MHz) antennas and site (C) has been scanned; to outline and follow the
causeway that leads to the harbor structure with (200MHz) antenna.
GPR results in the form of time-slices maps show some significant anomalies
buried in the surficial sand and gravels that don’t exist in the magnetic image (which
may be owing to their non-magnetic nature e.g. limestone), and emphasize the obtained
magnetic result.
The integrated geophysical results in archaeological surveys support the
necessity of archaeoprospection works to save time, money and effort