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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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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Prehistoric Egypt (redirect from Faiyum A culture)
clarify these issues. Weaving is evidenced for the first time during the Faiyum A Period. People of this period, unlike later Egyptians, buried their dead...
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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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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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Faiyum or Fayoum or Fayyum may refer to: Faiyum, a city in the Faiyum Oasis in Middle Egypt. Faiyum Oasis, in the Faiyum region in Egypt. Faiyum Governorate...
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those of A. zitteli, date to around 28–27 million years ago. While the Faiyum Oasis is the only site where complete skeletons of Arsinoitherium fossils were...
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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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