The Polish archaeological expedition at Tell al-Farkha has been working there since 1998. The most interesting results received till now were the oldest breweries found in the Nile Delta (from a period about 3500 BC); big houses connected with Naqada culture, dated to Naqada IID - IIIA period and a small Late Predynastic - Early Dynastic cemetery with 33 graves belonging to the middle and lower social class.
       In 2006 the excavation started at 11 February and are still continuing. Most recently the Polish archaeological expedition at Tell el-Farkha has made two unexpected discoveries. The first one was a deposit hidden inside a small pottery jar. The deposit is composed of 60 items, mainly hippopotamus ivory figurines (humans, animals, models of boats, game pieces), miniature stone and faience vases. The set was found in an outline of walls forming a western part of a building discovered in 2001. The deposit as well as the building itself are dated on the beginning of the I dynasty. The closest analogies known for the figurines from the deposit are those found in the Main Deposit at Hierakonpolis.
       The second discovery recently made by the Polish archaeologists are fragments of golden foil, which previously covered 2 probably wooden statues (unfortunately wood is not preserved). The bigger of the statues was about 65 -70 cm high, while the smaller one reached about 35-40 cm of height. Both represented a standing, naked men. The eyes of both statues were inlaid with lapis-lazuli stone. The objects are in a very bad condition and numerous fragments are missing. They were found in a Naqada III B context (probably from the beginning of Dynasty 0 or even a little bit earlier) and are the oldest statues of these type known till now from Egypt.