White Desert in Egypt photos 29

White Desert - land of the Sahara area of ​​approximately 300 square kilometers between the Egyptian oasis of Bahariya and Farafra (about 30 kilometers north of Farafra). These oases have been populated more 8000 years BC, in the times of ancient Egypt there was an outpost of defense against Libyan robbers, also these oases served as a place of exile. Now closer to the White Desert Farafra Oasis is home to approximately 5,000 Bedouins, who are willing to show tourists the desert and its attractions, such as natural (by nature) mummies allegedly remaining still from the time of Roman rule in Egypt.
80 million years ago on the site of the desert lapping sea. When the sea is gone after him on the ground were limestone deposits formed from the remains of marine life kaltsirovannyh - plankton, snails, ammonites, corals. For thousands of years, the wind turned from a variety of limestone sculptures, resembling, for example, a mushroom with a cap, the chicken under a tree, and even the head of the sphinx. The height of some of the pieces reaches 10-12 meters. Unfortunately, irresponsible tourists have destroyed a lot of unique natural sculptures before the 2002 White Desert was declared a National Park and there were caretakers.
Tourists in the White Desert is relatively small - about 40 thousand per year, due to the remoteness of the region off the coast of the sea.
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