Tod - Kom el-Hisn
14mi/22km farther south from Damanhur, near the village of Tod, is the Kom el-Hisn, a mound of rubble which marks the site of Imu, the "House of the Mistress of the Trees", which under the New Kingdom displaced Hutihit (the site of which has not yet been located) as capital of the third nome of Lower Egypt. Excavations here have brought to light the enclosure wall of a temple complex measuring 125yd/115m by 70yd/64m, probably dedicated to Sakhmet-Hathor, and several tombs of the Middle and New Kingdoms, notable for the number of weapons included in the grave goods.
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Kom el-Dubbia
Some 550yd/500m south of Kom el-Hisn is the Kom el-Dubbia, with a large necropolis ranging in date from the Middle Kingdom to the Ptolemaic period.
Komel-Firin
A few miles northeast of Tod is the Komel-Firin, which has remains of a temple built by Ramesses II.