Wadi al-Jarf

harbour · 2670 BC – 2100 AD

Site on the Red Sea Coast in Egypt, used in the Fourth Dynasty as a port for importing turquoise and copper from Sinai. The oldest surviving papyrus from Egypt, dated during the reign of Khufu (26th century BCE), was found at the site.

Coordinates

28.89172, 32.65825

Also known as

Wadi al-Jarf, Wādi al-Jarf, Ouadi el-Jarf (arz), وادي الجرف (arz)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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