On the recommendation of a friend in Siwa, I found a papyrus preserved in London that I did not know, discovered more than a century ago which bears a "Postcard" sent by a certain Nearchus to his frie
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...
Prince Farouk Hotel 1920-1930During the British occupation of Egypt, Siwa became a tourist attraction. Unlike the travelers of the past, who made the journey under...
Umm ‘Ubayda Temple (Wenamun funerary Temple) in Siwa oasisThe first photographs available, to my knowledge, of the temple are the two taken by Hermann Burchardt on his journey to the Ammon Oasis...
The Journey of Exploration of Bruneau De LaborieThe Journey of Exploration of Bruneau De Laborie in 1923 from Cameroon to Cairo via the Libyan desert (and Siwa). #Siwa #BruneaudeLaborie
The diatribe on which of the two temples is that of the Oracle of SiwaUntil the visit of the Scottish traveler James Hamilton in 1852 all modern travelers (Browne, Horneman, Cailliaud and following) believed...
Here I present two Siwa paintings made by Jaro Hilbert in 1960There are other paintings from his Egyptian period some relating to Marsa Matruh. Biography Jaro Hilbert (1897-1995) Of Czech parents,...
In 2017 a cartoon character has an adventure in the Siwa Oasis and presents interesting drawings.Evidently the authors have well interpreted the current state of our knowledge. Alix Senator was created by Jacques Martin in 1948. For...
I propose this post from early 2018 again because I have more information about the spread of ChristFor those who still believe that Christianity has never arrived in Siwa. Belgrave says (Page 88): "Somewhere abaut the fourth century...
The first indisputable attestation of a Bishop in the Siwa OasisThe first indisputable attestation of a Bishop in the Siwa Oasis is given by a recently identified text, a "Historia episcopatus...
Hermann Burchardt- first photos of Siwa available to my knowledgeThe photos, realized in the spring of 1893 in the first trip of Hermann Burchardt, come directly from the archive of the "Ethnologisches...