An Egyptian archaeological mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities has uncovered a group of 63 mudbrick tombs and burials at the Tell al-Deir necropolis in New Damietta City. Significant portable finds from the excavation include items of gold foil from the Late Period, and bronze coins from the Ptolemaic Period.

In the tombs, archaeologists identified architectural features but also brought to light a collection of funerary amulets, ushabti statues, and pottery vessels. The vessels, both local and imported, highlight the importance of the city as a trading center throughout different time periods. One of the vessels was found to contain 38 bronze coins from the Ptolemaic Period.