Kharabet Ihrit
29°20′52.33″N 30°33′50.83″E / 29.3478694°N 30.5641194°E
Francis Kelsey and Bernard Grenfell at Theadelphia in 1920 | |
| Alternative name | Theadelphia |
|---|---|
| Location | Faiyum Governorate, Egypt |
| Coordinates | 29°20′52.33″N 30°33′50.83″E / 29.3478694°N 30.5641194°E |
| History | |
| Cultures | Greek, Roman, Egyptian |
| Site notes | |
| Archaeologists | Bernard Grenfell Arthur Hunt Otto Rubensohn Gustave Lefebvre Evaristo Breccia Francis Kelsey |
Kharabet Ihrit, also known as Batn Ihrit, Batn el Harit (or simply Harit), often confused with the village of Batn-Ihrît approximately 3km to the North-West, is an archaeological site in Egypt's Faiyum Governorate on the site of the ancient settlement of Theadelphia.
A number of archaeological expeditions have explored the site since the start of the twentieth century, at this time a number of mud brick houses were still left partially standing, however in the present day very little of those structures remains. The site consists of two parts: the main site that was the location where the ancient village once stood and an ancient cemetery to the West containing a variety of Roman, Ptolemaic tombs.
The settlement was abandoned some time in the 4th Century AD.