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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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Siwa Oasis - Historical, geographical, social and economic aspect

Siwa Oasis - Historical, geographical, social and economic aspect

Siwa in 1932. Photos taken from the book by Hussein Ali El Rifai. (Professor of Political Science and Economics and Economic Inspector at the Ministry of Industry) #SiwaOasis #HusseinAliElRifai
Prince Farouk Hotel in Siwa Oasis 1920-40 ?

Prince Farouk Hotel in Siwa Oasis 1920-40 ?

Given the interest in the Prince Farouk Hotel in Siwa in the years between the two world wars I have tried to investigate and find other information but with poor results apart from some other images taken from the film made by Baroness Ullens de Schooten's in 1926 at Siwa. It seems that in the 1940s the hotel was still in operation as one of the photographs appears in a publication of 1942 but it is not sure (It could be a photo of previous years). A curious thing to investi
Prince Farouk Hotel 1920-1930

Prince Farouk Hotel 1920-1930

During the British occupation of Egypt, Siwa became a tourist attraction. Unlike the travelers of the past, who made the journey under peril, the colonialists booked trips via the Libyan Oases Association in Alexandria, owned and operated by Captain Hillier, formerly of the Frontier District Administration. Clients had a choice of a nine-day tour by rail and coach via Mersa Matruh or a month-long camel safari via Wadi Natrun and Qattara Depression. Once in Siwa, they enjoyed
The Fortress of the Sands

The Fortress of the Sands

Information search on the Siwa Oasis in the Egyptian texts prior to the 26th Dynasty: Georges Daressy, in a 1926 article on ASAE XVI publishes an inscription containing topographical references relating to the Libyan desert area that refer to a "Fortress of the Sands" already present in documents of the Ramesside period relating to military campaigns against the Libyans. (see texts on the Medinat Habu pylon). Daressy identifies in this "Fortress of the Sands" the Oasis of Siw
Umm ‘Ubayda Temple (Wenamun funerary Temple) in Siwa oasis

Umm ‘Ubayda Temple (Wenamun funerary Temple) in Siwa oasis

The first photographs available, to my knowledge, of the temple are the two taken by Hermann Burchardt on his journey to the Ammon Oasis in 1893 and recently published by Stefano Struffolino. In these photos the two walls are still standing with the three covering blocks still in place, as they were taken only by the drawings of early nineteenth-century travelers. In the two photographs of Burchardt the gateway designed by Linant de Bellefonds in 1819 is no longer visible.
Du Cameroun au Caire par le désert de Libye

Du Cameroun au Caire par le désert de Libye

The Journey of Exploration of Bruneau De Laborie in 1923 from Cameroon to Cairo via the Libyan desert (and Siwa). #Siwa #BruneaudeLaborie
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