Wadi Allaqi
Wadi Allaqi, (
Arabic: وادي العلاقي) also transliterated as Wadi Allaqui or Wadi Alalaqi, is a wadi (dry river) in southern Egypt. It begins in Sudan below the Halaib Triangle, and its mouth is south of Aswan on the eastern shore of Lake Nasser.[1]
Wadi Allaqi is the major dry river in the southeastern part of the
Wadi Allaqi is famous for gold and rock inscriptions. A noteworthy rock inscription site is found at Umm Ashira. A
stela attributed to New Kingdom of Egypt Ramesses II discovered near Quban references the search and discovery of water for gold laborers. That well is located 60 km into Wadi Allaqi, near Umm Ashira, and past the now flooded portion of the wadi now constituting Lake Nasser
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Gold deposits and mining are noteworthy in the upper parts of Wadi Allaqi, particularly at Hairiri, Heimur, Umm Garaiyat, Marahig, Seiga, Shoshoba, and Abu Fas. Gold and emeralds were extracted by chattel slaves between the 9th and 13th centuries.[3] Gold mining in the Early Arab Period intensified under the rule of Ahmad ibn Tulun. Of note are two forts built during this period at Derahib.[4]
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c UNESCO: Biosphere Reserve Information
- ^ Brooks, David Water / Part 3. The results: Propositions for governance and research on the International Development Research Centre
- JSTOR 00438243.
Chattel-slaves were needed, especially from the ninth to thirteenth centuries, in the gold and emerald (carbuncle) mines of the Wadi Allaqi in the deserts east of the Nile's 2nd Cataract
- ISBN 9783642225079.
External links
- UNESCO: Biosphere Reserve Information
- Ministry of Environment Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency - Natural Protectorates Description
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