 rock Qaṣr ez-zabū with Libyan inscriptions | ||
| ez-zabū · الزبو | ||
| Governorate | Gīza | |
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| Residents | 3.929 (2006) | |
| height | 98 m | |
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The village ez-zabu (Arabic:الزبو, az-zabū) is located about 10 kilometers east of the city el-Bāwīṭī and north of Mandisha in the valley el-Baḥrīya in Egypt. Archaeologists are likely to look for the Libyan inscriptions from Qaṣr ez-zabū interested in the north of the village.
background
It is reported that the settlement used to have other names. After a dispute that split the entire oasis, it was given the local name for dispute, ez-zabū.
Around 1980 about 1,800 people lived in ez-Zabū. They cultivate around 440 feddān (= 185 hectares) of land with around 15,000 date palms. The water for this comes from five old and 17 private wells.[1] In 2006 there were 3,929 inhabitants.[2]
Just like other settlements, there are new residential buildings next to the decaying old village.
Abundant 2.5 kilometers north and ez-zabū there is an extraordinary archaeological site that is incomprehensible Qaṣr ez-zabū ("Castle of ez-Zabū") is called. Several travelers have seen them: Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778–1823),[3]Frédéric Cailliaud (1787–1869),[4] an English explorer named Hyde, who immortalized himself here in 1820, as well John Ball and Hugh J.L. Beadnell.[5] They described the site as a sandstone or adobe ruin. That it is “only” a sandstonerock is not noticed. The rock is interesting because of its inscriptions.
The most recent investigations for the time being come from Ahmed Fakhry (1905–1973), who (probably) copied sixteen of the inscriptions here in 1942. He was unable to provide a translation of the text inscriptions.
The fact that the inscriptions are right here has to do with the fact that the Darb el-Bahnasā after el-Qaṣr leads past here. This point was a welcome stop, and there was sure to be a spring here too.
There are ancient rock tombs in the mountains southeast of the village.
getting there
One leaves el-Bāwīṭī in an easterly direction and after about 5 kilometers follow the signposted road in a northerly direction el-ʿAgūz. In the village this road branches off to the east. If you follow this junction, you will reach ez-zabū after about 5 kilometers.
mobility
The village can be reached by car or on foot.
Tourist Attractions
As in all villages, it is worth visiting the 1 old village(28 ° 22 ′ 10 ″ N.28 ° 56 '12 "E). In the south-east of Zabu there is also the lovely hamlet 1 ʿAin et-Taḥwīl(28 ° 21 '45 "N.28 ° 56 ′ 6 ″ E), Arabic:عين التحويل.
The rock 2 Qaṣr ez-zabū(28 ° 23 ′ 3 ″ N.28 ° 56 ′ 35 ″ E) 2.5 kilometers north of the village contains numerous Libyan inscriptions in a very small space, which were probably added by Bedouins or Berbers passing through in the 11th or 12th century AD. True, there are elsewhere such as at the church of el-Ḥeiz Libyan inscriptions, but not in this number. The presence of inscriptions on the church also supports the dating suggested by Fakhry.
There are inscriptions on all sides of the rock. The reeds partially cover them or make it difficult to access them. The inscriptions were scratched with a knife or a burin. In addition to characters, they also show images of animals and people.
kitchen
Restaurants can be found in el-Bāwīṭī.
accommodation
Hotels
The unclassified 4-star hotel, which was completed in March 2011, is located about 7 kilometers north of ez-Zabū and about 600 meters as the crow flies southeast of the Nature Camp. It has 49 non-smoking rooms in five two-storey buildings in traditional architecture, including three-bed rooms, three suites and a family suite for four people, which extends over two floors. The approximately 50 centimeter thick walls ensure a pleasant climate in the rooms all year round. The rooms on the lower floor have a wooden ceiling, while the upper floor has domes. All rooms have a bathroom and fan, the beds were made of brick. The hotel has a swimming pool, a TV room, a restaurant, the Nafura Café and the Sunset Tower Bar. WiFi is available in the reception building. The hotel organizes desert tours in cooperation with on request www.aegyptus.com.(28 ° 25 ′ 32 ″ N.28 ° 56 ′ 37 ″ E)There are more accommodations in el-Bāwīṭī or in el-ʿAgūz.
Camps
7 kilometers north of el-Zabū is at Bir el-Ghaba das Nature Camp. It's under el-Baḥrīya described.
trips
The visit of the village can be combined with that of other villages such as el-ʿAgūz and Mandisha connect. On the other hand, it is a good starting point for safaris in the northeast of the El-Baḥrīya depression.
literature
- : Baḥria Oasis, vol. II. Cairo: Government Press, 1950, Pp. 69-72.
Individual evidence
- ↑Bliss, Frank: Oasis life: the Egyptian oases of Bahriya and Farafra in the past and present. Bonn, 2006, pp. 47, 50.
- ↑Population according to the 2006 Egyptian census, Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, accessed December 16, 2014.
- ↑Belzoni, Giovanni Battista: Narrative of the operations and recent discoveries within the pyramids, temples, tombs, and excavations in Egypt and Nubia; and of a journey to the coast of the Red Sea, in search of the ancient Berenice and another to the oasis of Jupiter Ammon, London: Murray, 1820, text volume, p. 35.
- ↑Cailliaud, Frédéric: Voyage a Méroé, au fleuve blanc, au-delà de Fâzoql dans le midi du Royaume de Sennâr, a Syouah et dans cinq autres oasis ... Tome I et II, Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1826. The place is only shown on its map. He does mention, however, that he named a traveler on site Mr. Hyde encountered. In panel volume II on panel XXXVIII (2nd, 3rd) two ruins of Christian houses in the east of ez-zabū are depicted.
- ↑Ball, John; Beadnell, Hugh John Llewellyn: Baharia Oasis: Its topography and geology, Cairo: National Print. Dept., 1903, p. 75.
