Sights in Dakhla Oasis
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Ethnographic Museum
Dakhla’s wonderful museum, attached to Dar al-Wafdeen Government Hotel, is only opened on request: ask at the tourist office or at the Cultural Palace, where the museum’s manager, Ibrahim Kamel, can be found. The museum is laid out as a traditional home, with different areas for men, women and visitors. Displays of clothing, baskets, jewellery and other domestic items give an insight into oasis life.
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House of Abu Nafir
Of interest is the restored House of Abu Nafir. A dramatic pointed arch at the entrance frames a huge studded wooden door. Built of mud brick, and on a grander scale than the surrounding houses, it incorporates huge blocks from an earlier structure, possibly a Ptolemaic temple, decorated with hieroglyphic reliefs.
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Tomb of Sheikh Nasr ad-Din
There are 37 lintels in the village, the earliest of which dates to the early 16th century. One of the finest is above the Tomb of Sheikh Nasr ad-Din, which is marked by a restored 12th-century mud-brick minaret.
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Tombs
Heading back to Mut from Al-Qasr, take the secondary road for a change of scenery. You can visit several Tombs near the ruined village of Amhadah, dating from the 2nd century.
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Ethnographic Museum
Occupying Sherif Ahmed’s house, which itself dates back to 1785, the museum’s everyday objects try to give life to the empty buildings around them.
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Woodworking Cooperative
There’s a woodworking cooperative, where you can watch palm and acacia trees being hewn and hammered into furniture and trinkets.
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citadel
From the top of the hill, at the citadel, there are great views of the new town and the desert cliffs and dunes that surround it.
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Nasr ad-Din Mosque
Adjoining the Tomb of Sheikh Nasr ad-Din is Nasr ad-Din Mosque with a 21m-high minaret.
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