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Article by Gaston Maspero on the Siwa Oasis

Article by Gaston Maspero on the Siwa Oasis

جنة الصحراء سيوه أو واحة آمون

جنة الصحراء سيوه أو واحة آمون

Siwa and its region in the geographical maps "Tertia Africae Tabula" published at Rome in 1478

Siwa and its region in the geographical maps "Tertia Africae Tabula" published at Rome in 1478

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For those who still believe that Christianity has never arrived in Siwa

For those who still believe that Christianity has never arrived in Siwa

Belgrave says (Page 88): "Somewhere about the fourth century Christianity penetrated to Siwa, and the ruins of a church, or monastery, built probably at this time, where one can still distinguish the Coptic cross carved in stone, are visible at Bilad el Roumi, near Khamissa." But apart from the archaeological remains (scarce and uncertain) what better testify the existence of Christians in Siwa is the fact that in the 4th century A.D. Siwa is a diocese (Ammoniace) with its ow
The Hymn to Ammon composed by Pindar and sent to Siwa where Pausanias, some centuries later, will se

The Hymn to Ammon composed by Pindar and sent to Siwa where Pausanias, some centuries later, will se

We know from Pausanias that, in Thebes, in Boeotia, Pindar offered a Statue by the sculptor Kalamis in a temple dedicated to Ammon. Pindar had also expressed his personal devotion to Ammon in a hymn sent to the Ammonian of the oasis and later engraved on a triangular stele. This stele is still "on site" when Pausania visits Siwa around 160 AD. The Pindar hymn to Ammon it is now lost. Two fragments are known with the probability of belonging to the hymn: 1) Fr. 36 Snell-Mae
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