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The Siwa Oasis is vast, extending beyond the horizon Site of the Siwa Oasis in Egypt (top left) Last standing wall at the Temple of Amun at Umm 'Ubeida Detail of the east wall of the Amun Temple, Umm Ubeida, Siwa depressen, Egypt Alexander the Great called the son of Jupiter-Ammon by the priest at the oracle in the Siwa oasis, 1969 Temple of ...
English: Siwa's ancient role as the home to an Oracle of Ammon, the ruins of which gave the oasis its ancient name Oasis of Amun Ra. The Siwa Oasis (Siwah, Isiwan), an oasis in Egypt to the east of Great Sand Sea (Western Desert), about 50 km east of the Libyan border, one of Egypt's most isolated settlements.
The so-called Libyan Sibyl was identified with prophetic priestesses presiding over the ancient Zeus-Amon (Zeus represented with the horns of Amon) oracle at the Siwa Oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt. The oracle here was consulted by Alexander after his conquest of Egypt. The mother of the Libyan Sibyl was Lamia, the daughter of Poseidon.
In Siwa Oasis, located Western Egypt, there remained a solitary oracle of Amun near the Libyan Desert. [3] The worship of Ammon was introduced into Greece at an early period, probably through the medium of the Greek colony in Cyrene, which must have formed a connection with the great oracle of Ammon in the Oasis soon after its establishment.
According to Herodotus 3.26, the Persian king Cambyses II sent an army of 50,000 men to threaten the Oracle of Amun at the Siwa Oasis around 524 BC. These soldiers had made it halfway across the Western Desert when they were all buried by a catastrophic sandstorm. [1] [note 1]
English: Cleopatra's Pool (Cleopatra's Bath or Cleopatra's Spring) is one of many in the area and is located on the path that leads to the Oracle Temple. The Siwa Oasis (Siwah, Isiwan), an oasis in Egypt to the east of Great Sand Sea (Western Desert), about 50 km east of the Libyan border, one of Egypt's most isolated settlements.
When Alexander went to Egypt, he was given the title of Pharaoh and the epithet "Son of Ra" (the Egyptian sun deity).In 331 BC in Egypt, he would visit the oracle of the Siwa Oasis (also known as the Oasis of Amun-Ra).
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