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| | The Eastern Desert and Red Sea Coast, Part I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | There are many expedition inscriptions, notably beginning with the 4th Dynasty, the evidence the "state" interest in the special harder rock deposits, and we even find the names of earlier kings such as Narmer at Wadi el-Qash and Wadji in the Wadi Barramiya, farther south near Edfu. |
 | | These expeditions mined greywacke from Wadi Hammamat to the southeast of Coptos, as well as ore and gold. |
 | | In the Wadi Mueilha, which lies about halfway between Edfu and the Red Sea, many graffiti were found that date between the Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period. |
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