Al Kharga used to be the last stop on the infamous slave-trade route between North Africa and the south. Today, it is the most popular of the Western Desert oasis, with many sites of interest to explore. The Temple of Hibis is one of the few surviving Persian monuments in Egypt, with well-preserved reliefs of Darius greeting Egyptian gods on the outer walls. The Necropolis of Al-Bagawat contains 263 mud-brick chapels with Coptic murals, including the Chapel of Peace with images of Adam and Eve and the Ark on its dome and the Chapel of the Exodus with frescoes of pharaoh’s army pursuing Moses and the Jews out of Egypt.
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