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The Wadi Abd el-Malik (Arabic:وادي عبد المالك, Wādī ʿAbd el-Mālik, „Wadi of ʿAbd el-Mālik“, Tooوادي عبد الملك, Wādī ʿAbd el-Malik) is a valley in the north of the Abu-Ras plateau, the northwest part of the Gilf Kebir Plateaus, in the egyptianWestern desert. It usually serves as a passage from the Gilf Kebir Plateau into the Egyptian sand lake.
background
The approximately 120 kilometers long Wādī ʿAbd el-Mālik belongs to a group of three valleys in the north of the Abu-Ras plateau, consisting of the Wādī Ṭalḥ in the west, the Wādī ʿAbd el-Mālik in the middle and the el-Wādī el-Ḥamrāʾ in the East. It is also the longest of these valleys. The German desert explorer László Almásy (1895–1951) believed the legendary in these three valleys Zarzūra Oasis to recognize.
The name of the valley is derived from Ibrāhīm ʿAbd el-Mālik ez-Zuwayya, a camel herder Kufra from.
In the south the valley branches into a west and an east branch, both of which are about 25 kilometers long. The east branch leads to the Lama-Monod-Pass, which leads to the Abu-Ras-Plateau.
The valley was discovered by László Almásy during an overflight in 1932. In 1933 Almásy explored this valley together with Major Hubert Jones Penderel (1890–1943).
There are several rock engravings in the central part of the valley. In 1938, R.F. Peel, a member of the Bagnold expedition, a rock overhand with paintings of cattle.
Ibrāhīm ʿAbd el-Mālik ez-Zuwayya, the Almásy in the spring of 1936 in Heliopolis had met personally, reported by sources. But neither Almásy nor Bagnold nor Pell could find them. Even now, no sources are known.
getting there
The visit to the valley is usually part of a desert excursion to the Gilf Kebir National Park. An all-terrain four-wheel drive vehicle is required to travel through the desert.
The easiest way to get to the valley is via the so-called. 1 Llama Monod Pass(23 ° 58 ′ 21 ″ N.25 ° 21 ′ 20 ″ E). This pass is named after the Egyptian desert explorer Samīr Lāmā (1931-2004, see more under Samīr Lāmā rock) and the French Africa explorer Théodore Monod (1902-2000). After the valley you drive approximately in a north-westerly direction until you almost reach the border Libya reached to lap the northernmost foothills of the Abu-Ras plateau. From here the journey continues into Egyptian sand sea.
It is advisable to take a local guide with you to find the rock carvings.
Tourist Attractions
In the middle part of the valley there are Rock engravings, so-called petroglyphs, of animals. In the so-called Peel Cave there are also rock paintings of horned bearers (Bovidae or cattle-like).
There are also still a few areas with vegetationbut not in abundance as in Wadi Hamra. There are acacias and the cruciferous bushes Zilla spinosa.
kitchen
You can take a break at various points in the valley. Food and drinks must be brought along. Rubbish must be taken with you and must not be left lying around.
accommodation
Tents must be brought along for overnight stays at some distance.
literature
- : An Expedition to the Gilf Kebir and 'Uweinat, 1938. In:The Geographic Journal (GJ), ISSN1475-4959, Vol.93,4 (1939), Pp. 281-313.
- : Rock-paintings from the Libyan Desert: An Appendix to Dr H. A. Winklers’s Rock-drawings of Southern Upper Egypt II ’. In:Antiquity: a quarterly review of world archeology, ISSN0003-598X, Vol.13,52 (1939), Pp. 389-402.
- : Swimmers in the desert: in search of the Zarzura oasis. innsbruck: Haymon, 1997 (3rd edition), ISBN 978-3852182483 , Pp. 114-152.
