“…Dunand's team also conducted archaeological research on the Ptolemaic‐Roman temple and the late third century A.D. fortress pictured in Figure (Brones & Duvette, ). The site was occupied from the Saito‐Persian period (Dunand, Heim, & Lichtenberg, ; Tallet, ) to the Byzantine period (Dunand, Coudert, & Letellier‐Willemin, ; Coudert, ). The long period of occupation at El‐Deir and its excellent state of preservation from modern encroachments qualified it to be an outstanding geoarchaeological laboratory of land change during the historical period (Tallet, Garcier, & Bravard, ; Tallet et al., ; Garcier & Bravard, ).…”