Historical place profile
Ain Amour
A small oasis lying about 60 km north west of Kharga, on the escarpment outlining the depression. It was the only water source along the Darb Ain Amur, one of the two tracks that linked Kharga and Dakhla. The archaeological remains consist of a Late Period stone temple and a large cemetery. Surveyed between 2006 and 2011 by the North Kharga Oasis Survey project.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:776143
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:776143
- Place type
- oasis, settlement
- Coordinates
- 25.651954, 29.990903
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
A small oasis lying about 60 km north west of Kharga, on the escarpment outlining the depression. It was the only water source along the Darb Ain Amur, one of the two tracks that linked Kharga and Dakhla. The archaeological remains consist of a Late Period stone temple and a large cemetery. Surveyed between 2006 and 2011 by the North Kharga Oasis Survey project.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 79 B2 Ain Amour
Source and reuse
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Research path
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