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Wadi Hammamat : ウィキペディア英語版 | Wadi Hammamat
Wadi Hammamat ((英語:Valley of Many Baths)) is a dry river bed in Egypt's Eastern Desert, about halfway between Al-Qusayr and Qena. It was a major mining region and trade route east from the Nile Valley in ancient times, and three thousand years of rock carvings and graffiti make it a major scientific and tourist site today. ==Trade route==
Hammamat became the major route from Thebes to the Red Sea port of Elim, and then to the Silk Road that led to Asia, or to Arabia and the horn of Africa. This 200 km journey was the most direct route from the Nile to the Red Sea, as the Nile bends toward the coast at the western end of the wadi. The Hammamat route ran from Qift (or Coptos), located just north of Luxor, to Al-Qusayr on the coast of the Red Sea. Qift was an important center for administration, religion, and commerce. The cities at both ends of the route were established by the First Dynasty, although evidence of predynastic occupation also has been found along the route.〔(The Archaeology of the Eastern Desert, Appendix F: Desert Rock Areas and Sites ). Andie Byrnes, University College London, June 2007. Retrieved September 2007.〕
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