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    The Faiyum Oasis (Arabic: واحة الفيوم Waḥet El Fayyum) is a depression or basin in the desert immediately west of the Nile river, 62 miles south of Cairo...
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    kilometres (62 miles) southwest of Cairo, in the Faiyum Oasis, it is the capital of the modern Faiyum Governorate. It is one of Egypt's oldest cities due...
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    governorate of Faiyum includes: The large fertile Faiyum Oasis, which comprises farmland, Lake Moeris, and some cities. South of the Faiyum Oasis, a smaller...
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    Abydos. It appears that the Faiyum A culture and the Badarian and Tasian Periods overlapped significantly; however, the Faiyum A culture was considerably...
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    Lake Moeris (category Faiyum Governorate)
    genitive Μοίριδος) was an ancient endorheic freshwater lake located in the Faiyum Oasis, 80 km (50 mi) southwest of Cairo, Egypt, which persists today at a fraction...
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    holding several titles in connection with the Faiyum Oasis. Most importantly he was mayor of the Faiyum Oasis. He was also overseer of the priests of Sobek...
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  • Faiyum is a city in Middle Egypt. Faiyum, Fayoum or Fayyum may also refer to: Faiyum Oasis, in the Faiyum region in Egypt Faiyum Governorate, one of the...
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    Bahr Yussef (category Faiyum)
    "the waterway of Joseph") is a canal which connects the Nile River with Faiyum Oasis in Egypt. In ancient times it was called Tomis (Ancient Greek: Τωμις)...
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    other major oases form a topographic chain of basins extending from the Faiyum Oasis (sometimes called the Fayyum Depression) which lies 60 kilometers (37 mi)...
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    constructed at El-Lahun. Senusret II took a great deal of interest in the Faiyum oasis region and began work on an extensive irrigation system from Bahr Yussef...
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