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"Kharga" or "El Kharga" is also the name of a major town located in the oasis, the capital of New Valley Governorate. [2] The oasis, which was known as the 'Southern Oasis' to the Ancient Egyptians, the 'outer' (he Exotero) to the Greeks [3] and Oasis Magna to the Romans, is the largest of the oases in the Libyan desert of Egypt.
The Temple of Hibis is the largest and best preserved ancient Egyptian temple in the Kharga Oasis, as well as the only structure in Egypt dating to the Saite-Persian period (664–404 BCE) which has come down to modern times in relatively good condition.
Kharga Oasis, with the Temple of Hibis; the Western Desert cliffs at the back. New Valley Governorate is an enormous governorate in Egypt.It is also called El Wadi El Gedid Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الوادي الجديد [moˈħɑfzet elˈwæːdi lɡɪˈdiːd], Muḥāfaẓah al Wādī al Jadīd).
Qasr el-Ghueita fort, Kharga Oasis [18] Qasr el-Zayyan fort, Kharga Oasis [18] Red Sea. Castellum of Badia, Gebel Abu Dukhan, near Hurghada, Red Sea [19] [20] [21]
The El Bagawat Christian cemetery at Kharga Oasis. El Bagawat, is an ancient Christian cemetery, and one of the oldest in the world, which functioned at the Kharga Oasis in southern-central Egypt from the 3rd to the 7th century AD. It is one of the earliest and best preserved Christian cemeteries from the ancient world.
Kharga Oasis and the Small Southern Oases New Valley: 2015 i, ii, iii, iv, v, vii, viii, ix, x (mixed) This site comprises the Kharga Oasis and two other sites, the Dungul & Kurkur and Nabta Playa. These sites have been inhabited since prehistory but the majority of archaeological sites are from the Late Roman period. The remains include ...
English: Kharga Oasis in the Libyan desert is the largest oasis known to exist in Western Egypt. It is located about 200 kilometres west of the Nile Valley. Kharga Oasis is also well known for featuring the well preserved Temple of Hibis--which was first built by pharaoh Psamtik II of the 26th Saite dynasty and subsequently decorated by the Persian king Darius I--as well as the 3rd to 7th ...
Kharga Oasis; M. Moghra Oasis; Q. Qara Oasis; S. Siwa Oasis This page was last edited on 16 August 2019, at 09:12 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...