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Multi-periodSite Name: Qaret Qasr es Salim Tombs Alternative Name: El-Bawati Qasr Salim Village TombsCountry: Egypt Region: Lower Egypt (North) Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Nearest Town: Baharia Nearest Village: Bahaira
Latitude: 28.351620N Longitude: 28.872310E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Rock Cut Tomb in Lower Egypt (North)
2 richly decorated underground tombs of 26th Dynasty government officials / merchants were found at this location in 1938. The tombs were howered re-used in Roman times.
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