Qantir was recognized as the site of the Ramesside capital Pi-Ramesses.
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Excavations were therefore begun at the site of the highest Ramesside pottery location, Tell el-Dab'a and Qantir.
Many of the stones used to build the various temples at Tanis came from the old Ramesside town of Qantir (ancient Pi-Ramesses/Per-Ramesses), which caused many former generations of Egyptologists to believe that Tanis was, in fact, Per-Ramesses.
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