{"id":126614,"date":"2026-09-28T14:38:50","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T09:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=126614"},"modified":"2026-09-28T14:38:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T09:08:50","slug":"dakhla-oasis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/dakhla-oasis\/","title":{"rendered":"Dakhla Oasis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Dakhla Oasis Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A rare pyramid-shaped tomb dating to the Roman period has been recently uncovered at Bir Al-Shaghala in Egypt\u2019s Dakhla Oasis.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Dakhla Oasis<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>desert oasis <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">located <\/span><b>west of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/nile-river\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nile River<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, between Cairo and Luxor in <\/span><b>Egypt<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is part of the <\/span><b>Western Desert<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which covers two-thirds of the land area of the country.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It covers an area of about 2,000 sq.km and is known for its rich history and stunning landscapes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Nomadic hunter-gatherers first settled<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Dakhla Oasis around <\/span><b>12,000 years ago.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has long been a<\/span><b> crossroads between different parts of North Africa.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Ancient routes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> passing through the region <\/span><b>connected communities travelling between<\/b> <b>Egypt, the Sahara, and Libya<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, leaving behind evidence of repeated human activity.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the most <\/span><b>valuable remains <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are thousands of <\/span><b>petroglyphs <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">carved into exposed rock surfaces.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Some depict animals<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that once <\/span><b>lived in a wetter Sahara<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while <\/span><b>others show people, hunting scenes,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and symbols connected to different periods of settlement.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was only <\/span><b>connected to the outside world by a road built in the 80s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the so-called <\/span><b>Great Desert Loop.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>soil&#8217;s exceptional fertility <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">makes Dakhla famous. Local farmers grow dates, olives, and other crops that are the foundations of the region&#8217;s agriculture.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The oasis also features<\/span><b> therapeutic hot springs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> like Bir Tarfawi and Bir Al-Gebel.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dakhla Oasis is home to several important sites, including M<\/span><b>ut, Al-Qasr village<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the <\/span><b>Dakhla Oasis Heritage Museum.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>What is an Oasis?<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An oasis is an<\/span><b> area made fertile by a source of freshwater in an otherwise dry and arid region.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oases (more than one oasis) are irrigated by natural springs or other underground water sources.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They <\/span><b>vary in size from a cluster of date palms around a well or a spring to a city <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and its irrigated cropland.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Dates, cotton, olives, figs, citrus fruits, wheat, and corn <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(maize) are common oasis crops.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Underground water sources <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">called <\/span><b>aquifers supply most oases.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In some cases, a <\/span><b>natural spring <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">brings the underground water to the surface.\u00a0 At other oases,<\/span><b> manmade wells<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tap the aquifer. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/science\/archaeology\/archaeologists-have-discovered-a-1700-year-old-roman-era-pyramid-tomb-in-egypts-dakhla-oasis-the-small-mud-brick-monument-combines-egyptian-greek-and-roman-traditions-and-held-a-married-couple\/articleshow\/134516790.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>TOI<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dakhla Oasis is a desert oasis located west of the Nile River, between Cairo and Luxor in Egypt. 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