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Five Pharaonic wells uncovered in Sinai

The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities recently announced the discovery of five water wells, a storehouse and a copper smelting workshop dating back to the Pharaonic era in the Tel el-Kidwa area, north of Sinai.
Ancient water well.

CAIRO — The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced Feb. 28 the discovery of five ancient water wells, a workshop for smelting copper and a storage center, all of which date back to the Pharaonic era. The discoveries were made on the ancient Horus Military Road in the Tel el-Kidwa area in the north of the Sinai Peninsula.

On the same day, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Waziri said in a statement, “This is the first time that water wells from Pharaonic times have been discovered in that area. Scientific evidence affirms that these wells first appeared in the inscriptions engraved on the walls of the Karnak Temple (in Luxor governorate in the south of Egypt) during the era of King Seti I.”

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