For safety reasons, tourists are advised to avoid this region. Tell el-Dab'a is on the road from Faqus to Tanis and boasts a wealth of vestiges from the XV, XVI, XIX and XX Dynasties. Thanks to digs led by the Austrian Manfred Bietak the site is considered to be the former capital of the Hyksos, Avaris, and as the former Pi-Rameses. The former spread out from the southern side of the site, the latter towards the north.