Table of Contents

The planned settlement of Canaanites in Tell el-Dab'a; the palace of the early 13th dynasty; the expanding Canaanite settlement during the 13th dynasty; a sacred mortuary precinct and cemetries; the urban development of Avaris shortly before and during the Hyksos period; ceramics, trade and historical conclusions; the Hyksos citadel; the settlement of the 18th dynasty.