Museum of Antiquities
This two-storey splendid museum is
located in a in a cavernous, well-lit building made from local bricks and
designed to resemble the architecture of nearby Bagawat. Once you get in, you
will be amazed by a small yet awe inspiring selection of archaeological finds
from around Al-Kharga and Dakhla Oases. There's a particularly good selection
of prehistoric objects, flints, ostrich eggs and tools tracing the prehistory
of the oases in both English and Arabic.
There are also some
objects that belong to the Pharaonic, Greek, and Roman antiquities. You can’t
miss taking a look at the fascinating collection of wooden Roman panels (early
versions of post-it notes) detailing farmer's accounts, marriages and contracts
of the time. Also look for the exquisite false-door stele of 6th-dynasty
governor Khent-ka (c 2700 BC) with the earliest known reference to Dakhla
Oasis. The upper floor contains objects from the Coptic, Islamic and Ottoman
eras, with some fascinating jewelers, books, coins and textiles.