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    The Kharga Oasis (Arabic: الخارجة al-Ḫāriǧa, pronounced [elˈxæɾɡæ]) lit. 'the outer'; Coptic: (ϯ)ⲟⲩⲁϩ ⲛ̀ϩⲏⲃ (di)wah enhib, "Oasis of Hib", (ϯ)ⲟⲩⲁϩ ⲙ̀ⲯⲟⲓ...
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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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    fort, Kharga Oasis. El Deir fort, Kharga Oasis. Qasr el Labeka fort, Kharga Oasis. Qasr Sumaria fort, Kharga Oasis. Qasr el Geb fort, Kharga Oasis. Al-Haiz...
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    Egyptian word for "oasis", ⲟⲩⲁϩ (ouoh). The additional evidence of the Egyptian source of Siwa's name is another place name in Kharga Oasis that may share...
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    As of 2018, Kharga Oasis, and Dakhla Oasis were the two places in New Valley with a population of over 15,000. Farafra Oasis and Baris Oasis are also in...
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    Hibis is the largest and best preserved ancient Egyptian temple in the Kharga Oasis, as well as the only structure in Egypt dating to the Saite-Persian period...
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    Western Desert. Dakhla Oasis lies in the New Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) from the Nile and between the oases of Farafra and Kharga. It measures approximately...
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    Baris, Egypt (redirect from Baris Oasis)
    Dosh. It is south of the New Valley Governorate, 90 km (56 mi) from the Kharga Oasis. The name of the town comes from Coptic: ⲡⲁⲣⲏⲥ, lit. 'the one of the...
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    outcropping 10 to 12 kilometers south-west of Umm el-Dabadib at the Kharga Oasis in the Western Desert. The presence of the serekh shows evidence of royal...
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    railway line was built from Safaga at the Red Sea via Qena to Kharga Oasis. In and around Kharga are the underground Tartour mines, in which phosphates were...
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    Albert T. Olmstead. There are four main oases in the Egyptian desert. The Kharga Oasis is one that has been extensively studied. There is evidence that as early...
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  • on the ancient connections between Thebes and such settlements as the Kharga Oasis. The project uses remote sensing to identify roads and caravan trails...
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  • The Quseir Formation is a geological formation in the vicinity of the Kharga Oasis in Egypt. It is Campanian In age. The lithology largely consists of soft...
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    track splits into a northern route going to Kharga Oasis and a northwestern route going to Dunqul Oasis. Selima lies at the base of an escarpment of...
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    2001, she has directed the North Kharga Oasis Survey (NKOS) with Corinna Rossi, and directed the North Kharga Oasis Darb Ain Amur Survey and the Amenmesse...
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    cemetery, and one of the oldest in the world, which functioned at the Kharga Oasis in southern-central Egypt from the 3rd to the 7th century AD. It is one...
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  • Wight Gardner also worked on prehistoric sites at Kharga Oasis in 1930. Her publication of "Kharga Oasis in Prehistory" was the first publication of the...
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    (Morocco) Rhafas (Morocco) Dar es Soltan I (Morocco) El Mnasra (Morocco) Kharga Oasis (Egypt) Uan Tabu (Libya) Oued el Akarit(Tunisia) Adrar Bous (Niger) Hardesty...
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    Dawood 1 in the Eastern Desert: Wadi el-Qaash 2 in the Western Desert: Kharga Oasis and Gebel Tjauti During Narmer's reign, Egypt had an active economic...
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    II was also responsible for founding the Temple-house at Hibis in El-Kharga Oasis for the triad of Amun, Mut, and Khonsu with significant installations...
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    is a genus of titanosaur from the Late Cretaceous Quseir Formation of Kharga Oasis, Egypt. The type species is Igai semkhu. The holotype specimen, VB 621–640...
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  • best known for her field surveys with Gertrude Caton–Thompson of the Kharga Oasis which are now recognized as pioneering interdisciplinary research in...
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    Project. New Valley Governorate Baris Oasis Kharga Oasis Dakhla Oasis Farafra Oasis Bahariya Oasis Siwa Oasis South Valley Development Project in Toshka...
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    in the stiff language of the translator of Poncet's book. On leaving Kharga Oasis he says, ‘We were to pass thro' a Desart, where there was neither Brook...
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  • Nubian (Pan Grave) pottery manufactured at the site of Umm Mawagir in Kharga Oasis. As curator of the exhibition "Echoes of Egypt: Conjuring the Land of...
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  • career. Between 1906 and 1931 he took part in excavations at El-Lisht, Kharga Oasis and around Luxor, before serving as director of the Metropolitan Museum...
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    Sandstede [de], to Assiut in Egypt after crossing the Gilf Kebir and Kharga Oasis. Unknown to Almásy and the German command, British code breakers at Bletchley...
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  • Archived from the original on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2024. "Kharga Oasis and the Small Southern Oases". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived...
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  • focused on the connections between Thebes and such settlements as the Kharga Oasis. In December 2006 a student of his created a Facebook group titled, "John...
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    where Ptolemy even bears the title Great king. Alexandria Memphis Tanis Kharga Oasis Edfu Medamud Cusae Dakka Thebes Sehel Philae Koptos Tjebu Like his predecessors...
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