Wadi Hammamat (English: Valley of Many Baths, Coptic: ⲣⲁϩⲱⲓⲙⲓ, ⲣⲁϩⲉⲛⲧⲟⲩ Route of waves, Indian route[1]) is a dry river bed in Egypt's Eastern Desert, about halfway between Al-Qusayr and Qena. It was a major mining region and trade route east from the Nile Valley in ancient times, and three thousand years of rock carvings and graffiti make it a major scientific and tourist site today.