🇪🇬 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.
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🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Old Kingdom · 4th Dynasty Egypt (Sneferu to Khufu horizon)
North wing 55 m of world's oldest large dam (Old Kingdom) breached during construction.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Ptolemaic to Byzantine (3rd c. BCE – 550 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman Egyptian / Eastern Desert Arabs
Inland wadi harbour outlet of Berenike — silted canal and caravanserai linking lagoon to Coptos road.