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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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Map of Bayle St. John's journey to the Siwa Oasis

Map of Bayle St. John's journey to the Siwa Oasis

Map of Bayle St. John's journey to the Siwa Oasis in 1847 and described in his book: "Adventures in the Libyan desert and the oasis of Jupiter Ammon" published in 1849 #Siwa #Bayle #JupiterAmmon
"The Old Town of Siwa"

"The Old Town of Siwa"

Some doubts about the authorship of the text but it is, however, a source of 1827. "The Old Town of Siwa Deb Manley sends in an account (possibly by Mr Browne, a traveller in Egypt at the end of the 18th century, or possibly by an author who collected material from others’ accounts rather than travelling himself) which provides a footnote to Edward Lewis’s report in Bulletin 53 of house building in Siwa. It comes from The Modern Traveller, published in 1827 by Oliver and Boyd
List of the Toponyms of the Siwa Oasis

List of the Toponyms of the Siwa Oasis

List of the Toponyms of the Siwa Oasis reproduced on "Voyage à Méroé, au fleuve blanc, au-delà de Fâzoql dans le midi du royaume de Sennâr, à Syouah et dans cinq autres oasis: Fait dans les années 1819, 1820, 1821 et 1822. Tome III " by Frédéric Cailliaud. Frédéric also talks about in his handwritten notes that can be consulted in Nantes. #Siwa #Cailliaud
Siwa, Oasis de Jupiter Ammon, Désert de Libye

Siwa, Oasis de Jupiter Ammon, Désert de Libye

"Siwa, Oasis de Jupiter Ammon, Désert de Libye" is an article published by Byron Khun de Prorok in the magazine "Le Monde Colonial Illustré" of 1928 concerning his researches in Siwa and surroundings during a stay in the oasis that lasted many months. (Later the results of his rather fanciful research at Siwa will also be published in his books). #Siwa #Prorok
The Third Zarzura Expedition, organized by Dorothy Clayton East Clayton widow of the late Sir Robert

The Third Zarzura Expedition, organized by Dorothy Clayton East Clayton widow of the late Sir Robert

_____________________________________________________________ Lady Dorothy Clayton’s posthumous memoir of her search for Zerzura, which was published in The Times (London) on September 16, 1933, the day after her death due to a tragic airplane accident: THE LOST OASIS _______________ ACROSS THE SAND SEA ____ POSTHUMOUS NARRATIVE In the following article Lady Clayton East Clayton, who met with a fatal accident at Brooklands yesterday, tells the story of her attempt to find
Zarzura's door

Zarzura's door

A screenshot from the game "Lost Chronicles of Zerzura" The legend of the white city lost in the sands of the western Egyptian desert appears for the first time in the 15th Century in the book "Kitab al Kanuz" but I think (along with others) that it originates from the story of Herodotus speaking of the legendary "City of Dionysus " #Zarzura #Zerzura #CityOfDionysus
Old map of Alexander's Expeditions by A. Ortelius.

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 Terrarum Abrahami Ortelii Antverp. Geographi Regii. Antwerpen, Plantin Press, 1601. The position of the "Iovis Ammonis Oraculum" is clearly seen, namely the Siwa Oasis. The author added a drawing of what he thought was the arrangement of the temple of the oracle according to the description given by Pausanias. In the background we can also see th
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