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2. Faiyum - Wikipedia

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   Faiyum (/ f aɪ ˈ j uː m / fy-YOOM; Arabic: الفيوم, romanized: el-Fayyūm, locally [elfæjˈjuːm]) [a] is a city in Middle Egypt. Located 100 kilometres (62 miles) southwest of Cairo, in the Faiyum Oasis, it is the capital of the modern Faiyum Governorate. It is one of Egypt's oldest cities due to its strategic location. [2]

3. Faiyum Oasis - Wikipedia

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   The Faiyum Oasis (Arabic: واحة الفيوم Wāḥat al-Fayyum) is a depression or basin in the desert immediately west of the Nile river, 62 miles south of Cairo, Egypt. The extent of the basin area is estimated at between 1,270 km 2 (490 mi 2 ) and 1,700 km 2 (656 mi 2 ).

4. Wadi al Hitan - Wikipedia

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   'Wadi of the Whales' Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [ˈwa.diː elˈħit.æːn] ⓘ) is a paleontological site in the Faiyum Governorate of Egypt, some 150 kilometres (93 mi) south-west of Cairo. [1] It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site [ 2 ] in July 2005 [ 3 ] for its hundreds of fossils of some of the earliest forms of whale , the ...

5. Qasr Qarun - Wikipedia

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   Qasr Qarun is an archaeological site located near Lake Qarun in Faiyum Governorate, Egypt. The site primarily includes an ancient temple from the Ptolemaic period. It is located approximately 44 km (27 mi) from the city of Faiyum. The temple was dedicated to the worship of the god Sobek and later Dionysus. From 330 BC to AD 640, the town was ...

6. Abgig obelisk - Wikipedia

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   The Abgig obelisk (also known as the Begig obelisk and the Faiyum obelisk) is an ancient stone monument erected by the Egyptian pharaoh Senusret I in the 20th century BC near what is now Faiyum. Made of red granite, it is likely that the obelisk once stood 12.9 metres (42.3 ft) high with a base of four limestone slabs.

7. Karanis Site Museum - Wikipedia

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   Karanis Site Museum, also known as Kom Aushim Museum, (Arabic: متحف كوم أوشيم) is an archaeological museum located in Tamiya, Faiyum Governorate, Lower Egypt. It is situated directly adjacent to the archaeological site of Karanis. The museum displays ancient Egyptian relics from Crocodilopolis and the Faiyum Oasis archaeological ...

8. Egypt travel: Is it safe to visit and what are your rights if ...

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   Though Israel directly borders Egypt, most of the country’s major cities and tourists sites are a substantial distance away. Sharm el Sheikh is the closest, though it is still over two-and-a ...

9. El Lahun - Wikipedia

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   El Lahun (Arabic: اللاهون El Lāhūn, Coptic: ⲗⲉϩⲱⲛⲉ alt. Illahun, Lahun, or Kahun, the latter being a neologism coined by archaeologist William Matthew Flinders Petrie) is a town and pyramid complex in Faiyum, Egypt founded by Senusret II.