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"Bir el-Hammamat", Desert Networks project, study by Authors: Bérangère Redon https://desertnetworks.huma-num.fr/sites/DN_SIT0058
- The Towers on the Roman Coptos–Myos Hormos Road in Egypt: Communication Signals or Surveillance Towers? Bérangère Redon, Louis Manière https://hal.science/hal-05334896v1/file/EGA-24-0025.R1_Proof_hi.pdf
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Location:
- Egypt, Al Laqīţah
- geo:25.973492,33.550289
- Exact location
Period or year:
- 150? / unknown
Class:
- Watchtower
- visible
Identifiers:
- vici:place=102235
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