The Wadi Hammamat in the Eastern Desert is the main route leading from the Nile just north of Luxor to the Red Sea coast, and was used throughout the Pharaonic period. Both expeditions through the wadi and quarrying activities within the wadi area were recorded by the expedition leaders. The inscriptions, which date from the Predynastic period onwards, are quite remarkable and are found on exposed rock surfaces along the edges of the wadi.
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If it is of interest, I have put up a website on the archaeology of the Eastern Desert at www.wadi.cd2.com.
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