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,...
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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. ...
Bruneau de Laborie. Du Cameroun au Caire par le désert de Libye
Bruneau passes from Siwa in 1923 to the end of its long journey that will end in Alexandria, but give very little news about the oasis...
Through Lands of the Bible by H.V. Morton (1938)
In the 1930s, H.V. Morton decided to make a Christian pilgrimage from the Euphrates to the Nile, and into Sinai, and to tell the story of...
Research for the toponyms of Siwa oasis in Roman times
In the papyrus Graux 27, dating back to the year 15 of Septimus Severus (207 AD), month of Mecheir, coming from Siwa Oasis (as shown in...
The Siwa's oracle is present everywhere in our western culture
The Siwa's oracle is present everywhere in our western culture and this is what fascinated me at the beginning of my studies. and this is...
The most complete description of Siwa's Oracle Complex
among the ancient authors is that of Diodoro Siculo in the "Bibliotheca Historica, XVII 50, 1-7 written in Greek in the 50 b.C. (about)...
The Egyptian conquest of Siwa wanted by Muhammad Ali in 1819.
The shipment is headed by Hassan Bey Shamashurghi who has about 2000 soldiers (Belgrave says 1300) "The battle lasted for three hours,...
Herodotus, in Book II of his "Histories" speaks about Etearchus king of Siwa:
"[2.32] I did hear, indeed, what I will now relate, from certain natives of Cyrene. Once upon a time, they said, they were on a visit to...
Bernardino Drovetti (that visits Siwa with the conquest expedition led by Hassan Bey Shamashurgh) me
Drovetti (1776-1852) and his followers using a plumb line to measure the head. The original drawing - made in black pencil by...
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