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The Black Lions regularly welcome new books. Check out the latest arrivals here. IL GRANDE BELZONI by Walter VENTURI Comic strip in...
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Blog de l'Association pour la connaissance de l'histoire du Royaume des Deux Déserts dont le centre politique était l'oasis de Siwa.
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From January 2023, we have a Visitors' Book. We invite our visitors to let us messages to participate in the history of the Library. We...
Article by Gaston Maspero on the Siwa Oasis
Published in the "Journal de Debat politique et Litteraires" of 28 June 1905. The article, dedicated by Maspero to the oasis, is...
جنة الصحراء سيوه أو واحة آمون
Jannat al Sahara Siwa aw Wahat Amun by Al Jawhari Rifat In the extension program of the Scientific Library relating to the history of Siwa...
Siwa and its region in the geographical maps "Tertia Africae Tabula" published at Rome in 1478
During the Middle Ages Western cartography knew practically nothing of the interior of Africa and reported, in an uncertain way, what was...
Old map of Alexander's Expeditions by A. Ortelius.
Date of the first edition: 1595 -Date of this map: 1601 Size: 36 x 47cm (14 x 18.2 inches) Verso text: Latin From: Theatrum Orbis...
The citizen Ripault
The citizen Ripault (we are at the time of the French revolution) had presented to the Institute of Egypt (founded by Napoleon) a memory...
Siwa - Die Oase des Sonnengottes in der libyschen Wüste
Siwa - Die Oase des Sonnengottes in der libyschen Wüste von J.C. Ewald Falls 1910 With 25 illustrations after original photographs of the...
VOILA -L'Hebdomadaire du Reportage 7 Octobre 1938
Article written in the magazine by a member of Victor Stoloff's team who stayed in Siwa for three months in 1937 to shoot a film about...
Old map with the paths of the first western travelers to discover the Siwa Oasis.
Author: Philippe Vandermaelen 1795-1869 Date:1827 Short Title: Partie, l'Egypte. Afrique 11. #Siwa
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