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    The Siwa Oasis (Arabic: واحة سيوة Wāḥat Sīwah [ˈwæːħet ˈsiːwæ]) is an urban oasis in Egypt. It is situated between the Qattara Depression and the Great...
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    edge of the Qattara Depression, 75 km (47 mi) northeast of Siwa Oasis, and belongs to Siwa District within Matrouh Governorate. It is connected to an...
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  • Egypt. Born and raised in the remote settlement of the Siwa Oasis (hence his epithet Bayek of Siwa), he dedicates his life to ensuring the security and...
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  • Look up siwa or Siwa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Siwa may refer to: Siwa Oasis, an oasis in Egypt Siwa, Panchthar, a Village Development Committee...
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  • Ahmed (1973). Siwa Oasis. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press. pp. 41–43. Malim, Fathi (2001). Oasis Siwa from the Inside. Siwa: Al Katan. Steindorff...
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  • Siwi language (redirect from Siwa language)
    Siwi (also known as Siwan or Siwa Berber; native name: Jlan n isiwan) is the easternmost Berber language, spoken in the western Egyptian desert by an estimated...
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  • Following its destruction, the temple gradually decayed and collapsed. In Siwa Oasis, located Western Egypt, there remained a solitary oracle of Amun near...
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  • been sent by Cambyses II in order to subjugate the Oracle of Amun at the Siwa Oasis. Around this time, Cambyses, who had succeeded Cyrus the Great as monarch...
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    In ecology, an oasis (/oʊˈeɪsɪs/; pl.: oases /oʊˈeɪsiːz/) is a fertile area of a desert or semi-desert environment that sustains plant life and provides...
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    shortly before his death to be interred in the temple of Zeus Ammon at Siwa Oasis. Alexander, who requested to be referred to and perceived as the son of...
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