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By donkey train to Kufra?—How Mr Meri went west

Antiquity, 2001-12, Vol.75 (290), p.801-802 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2001 ;2002 INIST-CNRS ;COPYRIGHT 2001 Cambridge University Press ;Copyright Antiquity Publications, Ltd. Dec 2001 ;ISSN: 0003-598X ;EISSN: 1745-1744 ;DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00089328

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Title:
By donkey train to Kufra?—How Mr Meri went west
Author: Kuper, Rudolph
Subjects: Africa ; Ancient civilizations ; Ancient civilizations of the near east ; Ancient Egyptian ; Antiquities ; Archaeological artifacts ; Archaeological excavation ; Archaeological research ; Archaeology ; Art and archaeology ; Ceramics ; Egypt ; Egyptian civilization ; Egyptian language ; Generalities ; Hieroglyphics ; Historic artifacts ; Paleography ; Roads & highways ; Special section ; Writing systems ; Writing, Hieroglyphic
Is Part Of: Antiquity, 2001-12, Vol.75 (290), p.801-802
Description: In 1990, about 30 km southwest of Dakhla oasis, the most remote settlement in Egypt’s Western Desert, a hieroglyphic rock inscription was discovered that turned out to be the first clear evidence of an Ancient Egyptian presence so far into the Sahara (Burkard 1997). The short text states that a higher official named Meri went out to meet (?) oasis dwellers. Details of translation, interpretation and palaeographic dating of the text are a matter of discussion among Egyptologists, but it clearly seems to be of Old or Early Middle Kingdom origin. The home of the ‘oasis dwellers’ can reasonably be inferred as lying further west or southwest. However, the nearest places with permanent water in these directions are the Kufra Oasis in Libya and the wells of Djebel Uweinat, which lie, respectively, some 600 km and 500 lan away. How was it possible to master such distances under the then already prevailing hyperarid conditions by the only available means of transportation, a train of donkeys that have to drink at least every three days?
Publisher: Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0003-598X
EISSN: 1745-1744
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00089328
Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection
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By donkey train to Kufra?—How Mr Meri went west

Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2001 ;2002 INIST-CNRS ;COPYRIGHT 2001 Cambridge University Press ;Copyright Antiquity Publications, Ltd. Dec 2001 ;ISSN: 0003-598X ;EISSN: 1745-1744 ;DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00089328

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