Wadi al-Jarf (Arabic: وادي الجرف) is an area on the Red Sea coast of Egypt, 119 km (74 mi) south of Suez, that is the site of the oldest known artificial harbour in the world, developed about 4500 years ago.

Feb 1, 2022 · A papyrus Tallet found at Wadi al-Jarf from 2,600 B.C., the world’s oldest, refers to the “horizon of Khufu,” or the Great Pyramid at Giza. Courtesy of Pierre Tallet. An antiquities ministry...

Jun 28, 2024 · The oldest port in Egypt is Wadi al-Jarf, located on the Red Sea coast. It is the site of the oldest known artificial harbor in the world, developed about 4500 years ago during the time of Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops).

Aug 26, 2020 · The Wadi Al-Jarf harbor is not only the oldest but also perhaps the largest port complex that we know of. The current excavations have covered an area of at least 6 kilometers from the shore to the nearby Eastern Desert Mountains.

The oldest submerged Harbor which located in red sea governorate dated to 2600 B.C - its construction approximately takes a form of LShape. The sea port consists of the remains of water installations in the form of the Latin letter L with a slightly spherical angle.

Apr 16, 2013 · The harbour, which was built on the Red Sea shore in the Wadi al-Jarf area, 112 miles south of Suez, was discovered by a team from the French Institute for Archaeological Studies.

Mar 17, 2023 · The Wadi al-Jarf site is partly submerged and located on the shores of the Red Sea. The harbour was developed nearly 4,500 years ago and contains 30 caves, some of which have preserved dismantled wooden boats and a papyrus archive telling the story of the site.

Jul 20, 2016 · Dating to around 2600 B.C., the harbor at Wadi al-Jarf on the Red Sea in Egypt is the oldest port complex ever discovered in the world. It was built during the reign of the Pharaoh Snefru (ca. 2620–2580 B.C.), the founder of the 4th Dynasty, and was primarily used for boat travel to the Egypt’s main copper and turquoise mines on the Sinai ...

The world’s oldest port is Wadi al-Jarf, located in Egypt on the Red Sea coast. This ancient port was discovered in 2011 and is believed to date back to around 2600 BC, making it over 4600 years old.

arbor complex from the Early Old Kingdom at Wadi al-Jarf along the Egyptian coast of the Red Sea. Considered now to be the oldest port site in Egypt and the first prototype of this kind, it was used for a short time as a departure point to the Sinai Peninsula for royal expeditions on …