El Kharga Oasis Location
The Kharga Oasis extends for about 180 km, reachable from Dakhla through the desert road that follows the left bank of the Nile to Asyut. Kharga is the most populated of the western oases of the desert, has over 60,000 inhabitants, and since ancient times has been a point of reference for the caravans that left Sudan to reach the Nile valley in the slave trade.
Places to visit
There are numbers of archaeological finds that testify to the importance achieved by Kharga, with numerous places of interest to explore, including ancient temples, strongholds, and villages. Also of great interest are the traces of the route by which the ancient caravans reached Sudan.
There are many places of interest near Kharga: Qasr el Labeka, the Roman fortress on the old road, the Ethnic Oasis Museum, the Roman Temple of Hibis, and the Christian cemetery with its painted chapels. Remarkable is also the Temple of Dush, dedicated to the Goddess Isis and Serapis, in the Oasis of Baris.
