Wadi Hammamat

proper noun

The modern name for Ro-Henu, currently a dry river bed between the Red Sea and the Nile; in ancient times the first leg of Ancient Egypt's Mu-qed route (a pilgrimage and maritime trade route) to ancient Punt (Horn of Africa's northern coast).

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. The modern name for Ro-Henu, currently a dry river bed between the Red Sea and the Nile; in ancient times the first leg of Ancient Egypt's Mu-qed route (a pilgrimage and maritime trade route) to ancient Punt (Horn of Africa's northern coast).

Origin

* Arabic: "Valley of many baths"

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Wadi Hammamat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wadi%20Hammamat

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