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DAKHLA OASIS :
The remote
and genuine oasis
Dakhla is the oasis that lies
furthest off the main settlements of Egypt. Unlike many other oases, it
is situated above sea level, as high as 122 meters. Still it is fed by
more than 520 springs and ponds. 75,000 people live in 14 different
settlements, each strong local identities and customs.
Only Mut and Al-Qasr qualifies as towns. Before the road came here,
Dakhla must have felt like a planet of its own, where only few
inhabitants ever came as far as to the neighboring oases Kharga and
Farafra.
The
main towns are Mut and Al-Qasr, the latter the main attraction in the
entire oasis. If you have time, the old town of Mut is also interesting.
Dakhla has been inhabited for millenniums, and of old sights, the
Muzawaka tombs and
Deir al-Hagar temple
are the main attractions. At
Balat, not far from
Bashendi, tombs from the 3rd millennium BCE have been found, but generally
the funerary complex is closed to visitors.
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