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Roman Fort and Mummies
Excavations at the archaeological site of Qasr al-Labkha, north of Kharga in the New Valley, were carried out by the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the French “Alpha” team between 1994 and 1997. They uncovered around 500 mummies in rock-cut tombs, some of which contained gilded masks, glass vessels, and gemstones. The site includes a Roman mud-brick fortress, with walls about 12 metres high and four towers, as well as temples, a funerary chapel, and an irrigation network of roughly 14 canal channels. These remains highlight Qasr al-Labkha’s role as a defensive, commercial, and settlement centre in the oases. Specialists have called for its buildings, tombs, and canals to be protected from deterioration.
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