as Fayum, Faiyum or al-Faiyūm. Faiyum was also previously officially named Madīnat al-Faiyūm (Arabic for The City of Faiyum). The name Faiyum (and its...
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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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29°21′48″N 30°44′45″E / 29.36333°N 30.74583°E / 29.36333; 30.74583 Faiyum Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الفيوم Muḥāfāzah Al Fayyūm) is one of the governorates...
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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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Fayum mummy portraits (redirect from Faiyum mummy portraits)
Egypt, but are most common in the Faiyum Basin, particularly from Hawara and the Hadrianic Roman city Antinoopolis. "Faiyum portraits" is generally used as...
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entire Faiyum region – the "Land of the Lake" in Egyptian (specifically referring to Lake Moeris) – served as a cult center of Sobek. Most Faiyum towns...
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New Faiyum (Arabic: الفيوم الجديدة Madīnat al-Fayyūm al-Jadīdah) is a planned city in Middle Egypt. A third-generation new Egyptian city, it is a suburb...
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The Book of the Faiyum is an ancient Egyptian "local monograph" celebrating the Faiyum region of Egypt and its patron deity, the crocodile god Sobek. It...
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Faiyum Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي الفيوم للألعاب الرياضية) is an Egyptian football club based in Faiyum, Egypt. The club plays in the Egyptian Second...
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sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Faiyum Stadium" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2017) (Learn...
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Fayum alphabet (redirect from Faiyum alphabet)
The Fayum alphabet is an Ancient Greek abecedary inscribed on four copper plates, purportedly found in Fayum, Egypt but made in Cyprus. It may preserve...
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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...
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Waqf El Wasta El Zarqa Esna Ezbet El Borg Faqous Faraskur Farshut Fayed Faiyum Fuka Girga Giza Ibsheway Ihnasya Ismailia Itay El Barud Itsa Jahina Kafr...
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The Fayoum Light Railway (FLR) was a 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) gauge Egyptian light railway. Founded by a group of Egyptian Coptic investors, it operated...
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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...
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June 1914) was a contemporary Coptic Orthodox saint. He was the Bishop of Faiyum and Giza, and was also known as the Friend of the Poor. Abram was born Boulos...
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archaeologist William Matthew Flinders Petrie) is a workmen's village in Faiyum, Egypt founded by Senusret II. El Lahun is associated with the Pyramid of...
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Wasta, Nasser, Heracleopolis Magna, Biba, Sumusta, El Fashn Faiyum Governorate Faiyum, New Faiyum, Tamiya, Sinnuris, Itsa, Ibsheway, Yousef El Seddik Minya...
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John XIV Cyril V Macarius III Cyril VI Bishops Abadiu of Antinoe Abraam of Faiyum Alexander of Jerusalem Amun of Scetis Basil of Caesarea Cyril of Jerusalem...
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37–30 million years ago. "Phiomia serridens" means "saw-toothed animal of Faiyum". Phiomia serridens (=P. wintoni, P. osborni, P. minor) is estimated to...
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Krokodeilópolis) was an ancient Egyptian settlement in Middle Egypt near present-day Faiyum. Crocodilopolis may also refer to: Sumenu, an ancient Egyptian town in Upper...
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John XIV Cyril V Macarius III Cyril VI Bishops Abadiu of Antinoe Abraam of Faiyum Alexander of Jerusalem Amun of Scetis Basil of Caesarea Cyril of Jerusalem...
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percent of the population of Faiyum was Greek during the Ptolemaic period, with the rest being native Egyptians; the Faiyum mummy portraits reflect the...
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John XIV Cyril V Macarius III Cyril VI Bishops Abadiu of Antinoe Abraam of Faiyum Alexander of Jerusalem Amun of Scetis Basil of Caesarea Cyril of Jerusalem...
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varied experiences of early urbanization. The cities of Jericho, Aleppo, Faiyum, Yerevan, Athens, Matera, Damascus, and Argos are among those laying claim...
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cousin, Khaba II. The site which is in the vicinity of the oasis of the Faiyum, midway between Dahshur and Meidum, and about 100 kilometres south of Cairo...
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Wasta, Nasser, Heracleopolis Magna, Biba, Sumusta, El Fashn Faiyum Governorate Faiyum, New Faiyum, Tamiya, Sinnuris, Itsa, Ibsheway, Yousef El Seddik Minya...
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John XIV Cyril V Macarius III Cyril VI Bishops Abadiu of Antinoe Abraam of Faiyum Alexander of Jerusalem Amun of Scetis Basil of Caesarea Cyril of Jerusalem...
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located on Gevel el-Qatrani, Faiyum, 20 km (12.4 mi) north-east of Wide el-Faras in the landscape of the Northern Faiyum Desert. The white gypsum from...
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