English Explanatory Dictionary

Wadi Hammamat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The modern name for Ro-Henu, currently a dry river bed between the Red Sea and the Nile; in ancient times the first leg of Ancient Egypt's Mu-qed route (a pilgrimage and maritime trade route) to ancient Punt (Horn of Africa's northern coast).

Word forms

Wadi Hammamat

Etymology

* Arabic: "Valley of many baths"

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