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Embankments in Egypt · Mysteria

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Embankments

Every place in the atlas labelled embankments.

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embankment1 helwan1 hopewell1 hydraulic1 interaction sphere1 ohio hopewell1 old kingdom

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🇪🇬 Egypt

🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works

Sadd el-Kafara North Embankment Wadi Garawi

Old Kingdom · 4th Dynasty Egypt (Sneferu to Khufu horizon)

North wing 55 m of world's oldest large dam (Old Kingdom) breached during construction.