North Kharga Oasis Survey

Umm el-Dabadib
Kharga Oasis
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Ain el-Dabashiya
Ain el-Tarakwa
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Aerial photos of Ain el-Tarakwa. This mysterious building, which will be investigated in 2004, is thought to be a small sandstone temple. The temple is surrounded by an enclosure packed with tiny rooms and the surface of the site is littered with pottery shards suggesting it was a busy location in its heyday.

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—Photograph by Richard Knisely-Marpole, courtesy North Kharga Oasis Survey
 

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