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English: Dush, some 125 kilometers south of Kharga deep in the Sahara Desert of Egypt was, in ancient times, Kysis, a border town that held a garrisoned fortress to protect a small community with a cultivated area. Few of Egypt's ruins are more remote, but this was a major military installation during the Roman Period of Egyptian history at its location where five ancient desert tracks met.

Today, the area is strewn with thousands upon thousands of potsherds mixed in among two ancient temples and several cemeteries including about 150 Ottoman tombs, attesting to the continued use of the site. The area was excavated by the Institut Francais d'Archeologie Orientale, whose dig house is at the base of the hill.

Read more: http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/dush.htm#ixzz3ETZrcJAL
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Author isawnyu
Camera location24° 33′ 54.08″ N, 30° 42′ 03.91″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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