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Egypt Has Oldest Paved Road
Research geologists have mapped out a 7.5-mile [12 km] paved road across the desert 43 miles [69 km] southwest of Cairo. The ancient road, paved with slabs of limestone, sandstone, and even some petrified wood, has been dated about 2600 to 2200 B.C.E., during the period of the Old Kingdom