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| Egypt Attractions: Fayoum Oasis Sightseeing |
List of Fayoum Oasis attractions and sights. Fayoum Oasis historical places to visit; pyramids, museums, temples, tombs, mosques, palaces, mausoleums, castles and more... |
| Egypt e voyage lists 14 sights in Fayoum Oasis |
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The Pyramid of Amenemhet I |
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Amenemhet I, founding king of the 12th dynasty built his pyramid near the village of el-Lisht. It is believed that his capital, Itj-tawi, is also near this pyramid, it has yet to be discovered. |
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The Pyramid of Senwosret I |
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Senwosret I's pyramid is about 1.5 km south of his fathers, Amenemhet I. Archeological investigations at Senwosret I's pyramid follows a course similar to that of his father Amenemhet I. |
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Pyramid of Amenemhet III at Hawara |
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The last powerful ruler of the Twelfth dynasty, Amenmehet III built two pyramids, one at Dashur, The Black Pyramid, and a second pyramid here at near the town of Hawara el-Makta, deep in the Fayum, not far from Senwosret II's pyramid at Il-Lahun. |
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Qasr Qarun and Medinet Quta |
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Qasr Qarun
Qasr Qarun (pronounced 'asr 'arun) is situated near the village of Qarun on the western edge of the Faiyum depression at the south-western edge of Birket Qarun. |
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Qasr el-Sagha and Dimai |
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Dimai
Around 8km south of Qasr el-Sagha, towards Birket Qarun, is the site of the Graeco-Roman town of Soknopaiou Nesos. Today known as Dimai, or Dimeh el-Siba (Dimeh of the Lions), the town is thought to have been founded during the Ptolemaic Period, but appears to have been built on an earlier neolithic settlement. Its Greek name means 'Island of the Crocodile-god' but it is doubtful that it was ever an island. |
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Egypt e voyage lists 14 sights in Fayoum Oasis |
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