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Siwa oasis (all images)

The Siwa oasis is a large oasis in the west of Egypt, located about 300km southwest of Marsa Matrouh and 50km east of the Lybian border. It lies 12m below the sea level and measures 9 to 28km in width and 80km in length. Plenty of date palms and olive trees grow in Siwa. Siwa oasis has been settled since the 10th millenium BC and has been part of ancient Egypt since the 26th Dynasty, when a necropolis was established. Alexander the Great visited Siwa during his campaign against Persia to consult the oracle in the temple of Amun. Due to its isolated location Siwa has preserved its unique Berber culture over the centuries. The oasis is idyllic and offers plenty to see, from ruins of ancient temples and sites to desert scenery, the Siwa lake and ancient mud brick architecture.


01 Donkey	02 Minaret	03 Spring onions	04 Vegetables market


05 Vegetables market	06 Vegetables market	07 Siwa mosque	08 Fruit stall	09 House of Siwa museum


10 House of Siwa museum	11 House of Siwa museum	12 Roof cafe terrace	13 Shali bazaar	14 Shali bazaar


15 Shali bazaar	16 Fruit and vegetables shop	17 Siwa village	18 Siwa village	19 Siwa hotel at dusk


01 Shali fortress	02 Shali fortress	03 Shali fortress	04 Staircase	05 Narrow alley


06 Mud brick wall ruins	07 Mud brick wall ruins	08 Panoramic view of Shali fortress


09 Mud brick wall ruins	01 Panoramic view of Siwa


02 Panoramic view of Siwa	03 Date palm plantation


04 Date palm plantation	05 Juice bar at Cleopatra bath	06 Cleopatra bath pond	07 White egret


08 White egret	09 Pigeon houses	10 Desert and Siwa lake	11 Date palms

12 Panoramic view of Siwa

13 Panoramic view of Siwa


14 Date palms	15 Date palms	16 Siwa lake	17 Date palms	18 Tourist shop on Fatna island


19 Siwa lake	20 Siwa lake	21 Fatna island


22 Siwa lake	23 Fatna island


24 Siwa lake	01 Siwan men on staircase	02 Siwan men on staircase	03 Mountain of the Dead


04 Gebel al-Mawta	05 Mountain of the Dead	06 Gebel al-Mawta


07 Tomb	08 Mountain of the Dead	09 Gebel al-Mawta	10 Tomb


11 Tombs and view of Siwa	12 Tomb wall painting	13 Tomb


14 Mountain of the Dead	01 Outer wall	02 Temple of the Oracle	03 Outer wall


04 Ruins of the temple of the Oracle	05 Ruins of the temple of the Oracle	06 Corridor	07 Ruins


08 Ruins of the temple of the Oracle	09 Passage	10 Outer wall	11 Temple of the Oracle


01 Temple of Amun	02 Temple of Amun	03 Temple of Amun	04 Wall with Egyptian inscriptions	05 Wall with Egyptian inscriptions


06 Wall with Egyptian inscriptions	07 Egyptian bas-relief	08 Egyptian bas-relief	09 Egyptian bas-relief


01 Sand dunes	02 Sand dunes	03 4WD car in the desert


04 Sand dunes	05 Sand dunes	06 4WD car in the desert	07 Hot spring


08 Hot spring	09 Hot spring	10 Storm on sand dunes	11 Sand dunes


12 4WD cars	13 Cold spring desert lake	14 Cold spring desert lake	15 Cold spring desert lake


16 4WD cars and drivers	17 Cold spring desert lake	18 White rock fossile area	19 White rock fossile area


20 Sand dunes	21 Sand dunes	22 Desert sunset


23 Sand dunes	24 Sand dunes	25 Sand desert at sunset


26 Sand desert at sunset	27 Sand ripple patterns	28 Sand desert at sunset

29 Desert sunset

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