the southern hills. Corals eventually grew reefs, and by doing so reinforced
the waterline and constructed a solid, even ground. Over the millennia Dahab
has grown to a beautiful oasis with a large lagoon with sandy beaches.
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Excavations in "El Mashraba" in 1987 revealed an nabatean harbor from
the first century BC. Dahab was already populated in Moses times and was
an important crossroad and harbor for the transport of people and trade
across the Gulf of Aqaba to Midian and to south and north.
for all those, who couldn't make it to Goa in India. A small community of
people from all over the world lived in the Bedouin Village, today called
Masbat. The local bedouins lived in Assalah, at the time off limits and tabu
for strangers and foreigners.
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