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{{Short description|Mountain range in Egypt, Libya and Sudan}}

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'''Mount Uwaynat''' or '''Gabal El Uweinat''' ({{lang-ar|جبل العوينات}} ''{{transl|arZ|DIN|Gabal El ʿUwaināt or Jabal al-ʿUwaināt}}'', Arabic for 'Mountain of the springs') is a mountain range in the area of the [[Egypt]]ian-[[Libya]]n-[[Sudan]]ese [[tripoint]]. Because of thousands of [[Prehistory|prehistoric]] [[rock art]] sites, it is considered an important witness to the development of early [[pastoralism]] in the Sahara.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|first=|date=2004-06-04|title=Jebel Ouenat technical report|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/55/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-24|website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|language=en}}</ref>

== Cultural significance ==

The area is notable for its prehistoric rock carvings, first reported by the Egyptian explorer [[Ahmed Hassanein|Ahmed Pasha Hassanein]]—the discoverer of Uweinat, who in 1923 traversed the first 40&nbsp;km of the mountain towards east, without reaching the end.<ref name="be515" /> Engraved in [[sandstone]], thousands of [[Petroglyph|petroglyphs]] are visible, representing [[lion]]s, [[giraffe]]s, [[ostrich]]es, [[gazelle]]s, [[cow]]s and littlesmall human figures. According to a technical report of [[UNESCO]], "Thousands of rock art sites of different styles and themes are distributed all over the area, witnessing[attesting] to the development of early pastoralism in Africa and exchanges among different ethnic groups across the Sahara."<ref name=":0" />

==Geography==

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*http://www.fjexpeditions.com/frameset/uweinat.htm

*http://www.gilf-kebir.de/set2/2_01.htm

*http://www.archaeoafrica.de/G_Auenat.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060928072940/http://www.archaeoafrica.de/G_Auenat.html |date=2006-09-28 }}

*[http://www.fjexpeditions.com/frameset/uweinat_inscription.htm The 'Yam Inscriptions' of Pharaoh Montuhotep II]

*[http://www.uweinat.com/ The Libyan desert] - website with general information

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[[Category:Saharan rock art]]

[[Category:New Valley Governorate]]

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