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Wadi Hamra (Gilf Kebir)

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Giancarlo Negro, Due nuove stazioni d’arte rupestre di probable età epipaleolithica nell’area dell’Uadi Hamra, Gilf Kebir (Sudovest dell’Egitto). In: Sahara preistoria e storia del Sahara, vol. 7 (1995), p.
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The upper section of wadi Hamra receives run-off from the plateau and provides groundwater storage capacity for a remarkable growth of trees and shrubs despite its
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Hans Rhotert, Libysche Felsbilder: Ergebnisse der 11. und 12. deutschen innerafrikanischen Forschungs-Expedition (Diafe) 1933/1934/1935. Darmstadt: Wittich, 1952.
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Uta Berger, Friedrich Berger; Ein neuer Felsbildfund im Wadi Hamra (Gilf Kebir, Ägypten). In: Almogaren / Institutum Canarium, vol. 30 (1999), p. 203–220.
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In wadi Hamra there are three remarkable sites with rock engravings and petroglyphs depicting wild fauna such as giraffes, gazelles and antelopes:
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Negro’s site, discovered by Negro & party in 1991, lies on a low rock face on the east side of the valley in the middle section.
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Berger’s site, discovered by Berger & party in 1998, is at the end of a small side wadi not far from Negro's site.
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in the middle. The name of the wadi derives from the color of the sand, which appears reddish due to its high
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Rhotert’s site in the upper reaches of the wadi, discovered during the Frobenius-Rhotert expedition in 1935.
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The approximately 20 km long wadi Ḥamra is the easternmost of three valleys originating from the
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Wadi Hamra is located in Egypt
Gilf Kebir
Egypt
Coordinates
23°51′8″N 25°27′4″E / 23.85222°N 25.45111°E / 23.85222; 25.45111
Arabic
Gilf Kebir
New Valley Governorate
Egypt
iron oxide
hyper-arid
Acacia raddiana
Maerua crassifolia
fagonias
Zilla spinosa
Boulder with engraved animals
Boulder with pecked animals
Pecked giraffes
Giraffe
Pedroglyphs
Pedroglyphs
R. A. Bagnold
Rock art sites of wadi Hamra
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Saharan rock art
Algeria
Rock Art of South Oran

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