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| el-Ḥārra · الحارة | ||
| Governorate | Gīza | |
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| Residents | 800 (1980) | |
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| height | 124 m | |
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The village el-Harra (Arabic:الحارة, al-Ḥārra, „the hot [village]“) Is located about 25 kilometers east of the city el-Bāwīṭī in the valley el-Baḥrīya in Egypt.
background
The Village is located south of the trunk road after Cairo. In 1980, around 800 people lived in 180 households. In addition to the main hamlet el-ʿAin el-gadīda ("the new spring"), el-Ḥārra has six other well markings. The inhabitants cultivate around 600 feddān (250 hectares) of land on which around 8,000 palm trees grow. The water comes from three deep wells and 21 "Roman", ie old, wells.[1]
The name el-Ḥārra means "the hot [village]". The village is surrounded on all sides by high limestone cliffs, there are only gaps along the trunk road. The wind, which otherwise cools the whole valley down, blows over the village.
The area has been at least since roman time populated. Like the investigations by Ahmed Fakhry (1905–1973) showed that there were two adobe buildings near the source ʿAin el-Wādī, an ancient cemetery 500 meters north of el-ʿAin el-gadīda and several rock tombs about 200 meters from ʿAin ez-Zāwiya. One of the rock tombs consisted of two chambers. In 2010, several graves from the Ptolemaic (Greek) period (3rd century BC) were found in ʿAin ez-Zāwiya during the construction work on a youth center. The tombs have an identical structure: a staircase leads to a rocky corridor that ends in a large chamber with benches for placing coffins in the corners. The finds included "mummy" masks, coins, ceramics and glass vessels.[2]
In 1973, Ahmad Fakhry founded three near the village Rock inscriptions from the Middle Kingdom discovered.[3] In 2001, the Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale, headed by Georges Castel, carried out new investigations. A total of seven inscriptions were found near an entrance to a natural one 1 underground gallery(28 ° 22 '53 "N.28 ° 5 ′ 55 ″ E) found. Three of the inscriptions are from the local governor (ḥ3tj-ʿ) Hebi. Two of the steles are sacrificial steles to the goddess Opet / Ipet (Jpt), one comes from a Senebtify, the other from a Nehetet. The name Hebi is mainly used in the Middle Kingdom. This and other features lead to a dating to the Middle Kingdom, the beginning of the 12th Dynasty. The inscriptions are the only material from this time and an important link in the history of the oasis, because evidence from the Middle Kingdom is missing so far. The inscriptions are no longer on site. They were sawed out of the rock in 2002 and stored in a magazine.
getting there
The village can be reached via trunk road 10 from Cairo to Bāwīṭīby going south about 20 kilometers before el-Bāwīṭī 1 turns(28 ° 21 '49 "N.29 ° 4 ′ 17 ″ E).
mobility
In the village itself you can move around with a robust vehicle. Otherwise, hikes in and around the village are recommended.
Tourist Attractions
hikes are particularly suitable in the old parts of the village.
As I said, there are Rock inscriptions from the Middle Kingdom no longer on site. To view the inscriptions in the magazine of el-Bāwīṭī, a permit from the Supreme Service of Antiquities in Cairo is required.
Lately there have been numerous in the plain and the adjacent rocks Fossils discovered.
kitchen
Restaurants can be found in el-Bāwīṭī.
accommodation
Accommodation is usually chosen in el-Bāwīṭī.
trips
A visit to the village can be combined with a visit to other landscapes, e.g. north of ʿAin Tūnī or with the archaeological site of Quṣūr Muḥārib connect.
literature
- : Baḥria Oasis, vol. II. Cairo: Government Press, 1950, P. 105 f (English).
- : Les inscriptions d’El-Harra, oasis de Bahareya. In:Bulletin de l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale (BIFAO), ISSN0255-0962, Vol.101 (2001), Pp. 99-136, 612 f.
Individual evidence
- ↑Bliss, Frank: Oasis life: the Egyptian oases of Bahriya and Farafra in the past and present, Bonn, 2006, pp. 47, 51. The opinion expressed there that el-Ḥārra means local district is wrong.
- ↑El-Aref, Nevine: In the sands of time (Archived version of May 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive archive.org), Report of the Al-Ahram Weekly dated April 29, 2010.
- ↑Fakhry, Ahmed: The Search for Texts in the Western Desert, in: Textes et langages de l’Égypte pharaonique, Le Caire: Institut français d’archéologie orientale, 1972, (Bibliothèque d’étude; 64.2), Volume II, pp. 207–222. The proposed reference to mining work turned out to be incorrect.
