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Travel Guide to the Siwa Oasis
ٍSiwa oasis LocationThe Siwa oasis is located only 300km from the border with Libya. It is the furthest oasis from the Nile River.A desert of rocks surrounds Siwa to the west; to the east are large dunes, and the Qattara depression is to the north.Siwa is 850km northwest of Cairo; over 1500km northwest of Aswan; 1146km northwest of Hurghada; 500km northwest of Fayoum Oasis; and 250km southwest ...
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Egypt of the Greco-Roman Period
Greco-Roman periodAlexander the Great, with his incredible thirst for conquest, brought Egypt into the orbit of the Greek world. From this point on, a series of battles followed one after the other that led first to incorporating the Kingdom into the Roman state and then into the Byzantine one.In 332 B.C., the king of Macedonia, Alexander the Great, set out to conquer Egypt. He was immediately ...
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The New Kingdom of Egypt
The New Kingdom EgyptDuring the Second Intermediate Period (1650–1550 BC), Egypt was weakened by the immigration of the Hyksos people from the east. They established a dynasty in Lower Egypt and the Nile Delta, keeping the Nile Valley divided for several centuries until Ahmose I was finally able to establish the 18th dynasty that ruled over all of Egypt, beginning the New Kingdom period in 1550 ...
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The Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt
Middle Kingdom of EgyptEgypt was reunited, but things had changed. Pyramids were smaller, and there was less wealth in the hands of the rulers. However, the middle class gained access to consumer items such as jewellery and books (in scroll form).Pharaohs strengthened their borders by building fortresses in the western and eastern delta to keep invading Libyans and peoples of the Levant, ...
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The Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt
The History of the Old Kingdom of EgyptThe Old Kingdom of Egypt started in 2650 and lasted until 2150 BC. For more than 400 years, Egypt had a strong central government and economy. The most famous thing about the Ancient Egypt Old Kingdom is the building of the pyramids. Thus, it called the “Age of the Pyramids” or “Age of the Pyramid Builders”.Here is all information you need to know ...
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