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Sharuhen

Sharuhen was an important fortress of the Hyksos during the Second Intermediate period. After the Hyksos were driven out of Egypt by Ahmose I, their leaders retreated to Sharuhen and withstood a 3-year-long seige, according to the Egyptian account. If the modern site of Tell el-Farah is to be identified with Sharuhen, the city and tombs were in use between 1900 and 1200 BCE (from the Twelfth Dynasty to late in the Nineteenth).