During its current excavation season at the Tell Abu Saifi site in the North Sinai archaeological area, the Egyptian archaeological mission affiliated with the Supreme Council of Antiquities uncovered remains of military fortifications, residential units for soldiers, and a trench, indicating the possible presence of another fortress in the area. The mission was also able to uncover a distinctive architectural design for the eastern gates of the Ptolemaic and Roman fortresses previously discovered at the site, helping to reconstruct the form of defensive entrances at that time. This discovery also revealed a massive defensive trench, over two meters deep, at the entrance to the Ptolemaic fortress, believed to have been part of a defensive system that could be disabled when threatened. Professor Mohamed Abdel Badie, head of the Egyptian Antiquities Sector, indicated that the mission also found a road, 11 meters wide and over 100 meters long, paved with limestone slabs, extending from outside the eastern gate of the Roman fortress to the heart of the site.

He noted that this road was built over an older road dating back to the Ptolemaic period, constructed with limestone slabs. More than 500 clay circles were also discovered on both sides of the stone road, likely used to plant trees that decorated the entrance to the fortress during the Ptolemaic period. Soldiers' quarters from the Roman period were also discovered, along with four large kilns used for the production of quicklime, indicating that the site transformed into an industrial center at the end of the Roman period, which led to the destruction of all the site's stone structures. The mission also found a trench that may indicate the presence of a third fortress at the site, older than the Ptolemaic and Roman fortresses. The four corners of that fortress were discovered, and its dating is currently being determined. A number of rectangular buildings, adjacent to each other in overlapping layers, were also discovered and used for long periods as living quarters during the Ptolemaic period.