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Excavated places tagged “wadi”

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works

Sadd el-Kafara – Wadi Garawi Old Kingdom Dam

Early Old Kingdom (Djoser–Sneferu) · Old Kingdom Egyptians (Memphite)

World's oldest dam (2650 BCE)—110-m Old Kingdom embankment diverting Wadi Garawi floods.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient port

Wadi al-Jarf South Galleries (Red Sea Harbour Annex)

Old Kingdom 4th Dynasty (2620–2500 BCE, Sneferu–Khufu) · Old Kingdom Egyptian

Southern annex of the world's oldest harbour (Khufu) with 8 rock-cut galleries storing mortised cedar boats and 150 anchors, plus Merer papyrus dump. South mole stub now -1 m.