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  • Dahab

  • Dahab

    Dahab is a small town located on the southeast coast of the Sinai Peninsula in South Sinai Governorate, Egypt. The ruins include a Lighthouse and a Byzantine fort dating back to the 5th century AD.
    The site is included on the UNESCO Tentative List under the official name, Dahab.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Dahab
    by Nowic (assumed), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Dahab

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    1994

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Egypt

    South Sinai

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    5th Century AD

    Byzantine

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    Byzantine Monuments

     

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