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The Gilf Kebir | Wadi Hamra

05 16, 2023
The Gilf Kebir map, Wadi Hamra

The Great Gulf is a plateau located in a remote area of southwestern Egypt on the border with Libya and Sudan. Its area is 7770 square kilometers, approximately equal to the area of Puerto Rico. The plateau consists of limestone and sandstone. The plateau is famous for its geographical significance, drawings, and rock carvings depicting animal life and human settlements dating back to prehistoric times.

The Great Gulf has many valleys, including Wadi Al-akhs, Wadi Al-Bakht, Wadi Al-Diq, Wadi Algiers, Wadi Otah, Wadi Mashi, and Wadi WASA.

History

Desert rock inscriptions similar to those found in the Nile Valley were found in the area, indicating that the area was wet and then dried up in the mid-Holocene period, about 4000 BC. As the region dried up, its inhabitants were forced to emigrate, some of them migrated east to the Nile Valley, bringing with them their beliefs, which later influenced Egyptian art.

The big Guelph was the site of many British troop operations during the Second World War, and due to the very dry climate and sparse population, many of the troops' heirlooms remained there. A personal bag of a British pilot who worked in the region in the Second World War has been discovered.

It was announced in 2007 that the creation of the Great Gulf National Reserve would be with an area of 48,523 square kilometers.

Climate

The plateau is very dry and almost devoid of the airport, the geological Drought Index/drought percentage is more than 200, that is, the solar energy located it on the ground evaporates 200 times the amount of precipitation in it.

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At Gulf Kebir, a variety of wadis meet and mark the high plateau, and many of them are terribly surprising, yet together they contain significant rock art.
Where the prolific variety of painted shelters around the Sura ravine to the south, their rock art sites are few and far between. This is often surprising given that 3 of most wadis in this area are densely vegetated. One of the first explorers, Almasy, thought this was because they were still raging mountain streams during prehistoric times. He was wrong, but the rarity of rock art sites remains unexplained.

At Gulf Kebir, a variety of wadis meet and mark the high plateau, and many of them are terribly stunning, yet together they contain significant rock art. Where the prolific variety of painted shelters around Gully Sura to the south, their rock art sites are few and far between. It is often surprising to find that 3 of the most important wadis in this area are densely vegetated. One of the first explorers, Almasy, thought this was because they were still raging mountain streams during prehistoric times. He was wrong, but the rarity of the rock art sites is still unexplained.

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