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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Derr — Buried Temple North Ancillary Pylon (Nubia, Border)

Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age

Derr — Buried Temple North Ancillary Pylon (Nubia, Border) in Aswan, Derr, New Derr, Egypt is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attribu…