Wādī al-Malik

Wadi el Melik is a long dry watercourse running from Kordofan towards the Nile near al-Dabba. Its broad channel crosses an arid landscape where water flows only intermittently. The wadi has served as a corridor between the Nile valley and the western Sudan since antiquity: Meroitic burial sites have been found along its course, and medieval remains near Jebel al-Ain testify to later occupation of the route.