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Ain
Umm Dabadib is the sight of Kharga that
requires the most effort to reach, crossing sand
dunes. The former town here owed its wealth to
being one of the last staging post before the
caravans headed north.
Its history goes back to Roman times, and
remains of temples from this period still stand.
There are also ruins of churches outside the
fortress walls. The original water cisterns and
irrigation systems helped use the limited water
resources as well as possible. An underground
aqueduct system is still visible.
It used to run
for 15 km, and some of it still in use by local
farmers. The original Ain Umm Dabadib was large,
perhaps more than 200 km˛.
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