• Thumbnail for Farafra, Egypt
    The Ancient Egyptian name of the oasis was Ancient Egyptian: tꜣ jḥw, "the land of cattle". Archaeological evidence suggests that Farafra region was inhabited...
    14 KB (800 words) - 19:58, 31 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Index of Egypt-related articles
    Dynasty of Egypt - Farafra, Egypt - Farouk of Egypt - Fatimid Caliphate - Dodi Fayed - Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt - Fifth Dynasty of Egypt - First Battle...
    20 KB (2,138 words) - 17:42, 8 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of deserts
    western Egypt and northwestern Sudan at the west of the Nile River White Desert – a desert covering a part of western Egypt and located in Farafra, Egypt Eastern...
    13 KB (1,424 words) - 11:05, 5 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Egypt
    Egypt (Arabic: مصر Miṣr [mesˁr], Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [mɑsˤr]), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning...
    237 KB (22,424 words) - 17:36, 27 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Western Desert
    It is located in the Farafra depression, 45 km (28 mi) north of the town of Qsar El Farafra. Part of the park is in the Farafra Oasis (New Valley Governorate)...
    19 KB (2,385 words) - 19:57, 1 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Windows Spotlight
    (alphabetical by continent): Abu Simbel, Egypt The White Desert (Sahara el Beyda) near Farafra, Egypt Nile River near Luxor, Egypt Sway bridge at The Palace of the...
    12 KB (1,209 words) - 07:15, 7 September 2024
  • locations used in the upcoming sequel would be the White Desert in Farafra, Egypt. He mentioned the terrain features, unique to the area, would lend to...
    28 KB (3,288 words) - 18:03, 24 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Subdivisions of Egypt
    Shubra El Kheima 2 (k) Shubrakhit (m) Shurtet El Dakhla (m) Shurtet El Farafra (m) Shurtet El Qasima (k) Shurtet Rumana (k) Sidfa (m) Sidi Barrani (k)...
    47 KB (3,188 words) - 05:21, 16 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for White Desert National Park
    White Desert National Park (category National parks of Egypt)
    in Egypt, first established as a protected area in 2002. It is located in the Farafra depression, 45 km (28 mi) north of the town of Qasr Al Farafra. Part...
    3 KB (240 words) - 01:16, 30 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Great Sphinx of Giza
    east, it stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. The face of the Sphinx appears to represent the pharaoh Khafre. The original...
    59 KB (6,831 words) - 16:54, 18 September 2024
  • when unidentified gunmen ambushed a desert checkpoint in the Farafra Oasis Road in Egypt's New Valley Governorate. Twenty-two border guards were killed...
    20 KB (1,803 words) - 15:33, 19 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Dakhla Oasis
    Dakhla Oasis (redirect from Dakhla (Egypt))
    Valley Governorate, 350 km (220 mi.) from the Nile and between the oases of Farafra and Kharga. It measures approximately 80 km (50 mi) from east to west and...
    24 KB (1,876 words) - 19:56, 31 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for New Administrative Capital
    new urban community in Cairo Governorate, Egypt and a satellite of Cairo City. It is planned to be Egypt's new capital and has been under construction...
    48 KB (3,491 words) - 02:00, 12 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ancient Egyptian agriculture
    Oasis is located in Western Desert (Egypt). It lies 350 km (220 mi.) from the Nile between the oases of Farafra and Kharga. In Dakhleh, the Bashendi...
    19 KB (2,492 words) - 04:42, 9 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for New Valley Governorate
    New Valley Governorate (category Governorates of Egypt)
    with a population of over 15,000. Farafra Oasis and Baris Oasis are also in New Valley. According to the Egyptian Governing Authority for Investment...
    12 KB (729 words) - 19:55, 31 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Crystal Mountain (Egypt)
    a ridge located within the White Desert, 120 km from Farafra, between Bahariya Oasis and Farafra Oasis. Crystal Mountain is one of the most expensive...
    2 KB (205 words) - 01:53, 21 March 2024
  • el-Musabberin Umm el-'Ebeida Bahariya Oasis el-Qasr el-Bawiti el-Hayz Farafra Oasis 'Ain el-Wadi el-Qasr el-Dakhla Oasis Amheida Balat Deir el-Hager...
    12 KB (1,090 words) - 20:07, 21 September 2024
  • of towns and villages in Egypt Subdivisions of Egypt Geography of Egypt Climate of Egypt List of historical capitals of Egypt List of urban areas in Africa...
    12 KB (569 words) - 15:20, 24 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Terrorism in Egypt
    July 2013. "Gunmen kill 21 Egyptian soldiers near Al- Farafra Oasis". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 20 July 2014. "Egypt admits bomb most likely...
    75 KB (6,596 words) - 23:58, 12 September 2024
  • Obour Port Said Qalamun Qalyub Qara Qaret Zumaq Qasr al-Farafira Qasr Farafra Qasr Kharga Qena Qina Qift Qiman Al-Arus Qullin Qus 10th of Ramadan Ramana...
    6 KB (601 words) - 19:53, 5 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for New Valley Project
    New Valley Project (category Geography of Egypt)
    Oasis Farafra Oasis Bahariya Oasis Siwa Oasis South Valley Development Project in Toshka, Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation Egypt's new...
    5 KB (461 words) - 18:42, 22 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Alexandria
    Alexandria (redirect from Alexandria, Egypt)
    Ἀλεξάνδρεια, Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ - Rakoti or ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ) is the second largest city in Egypt and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. It lies at the western...
    102 KB (10,183 words) - 09:52, 1 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Taba, Egypt
    طَابَا Ṭābā, IPA: [ˈtˤɑːbɑ]) is an Egyptian town near the northern tip of the Gulf of Aqaba. Taba is the location of Egypt's busiest border crossing with neighboring...
    21 KB (1,350 words) - 23:16, 27 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Military operations in North Africa during World War I
    band of oases of Bahariya, Farafra, Dakhla and Kharga 100 mi (160 km) west of the Nile. The Senussi crossed the Egyptian–Libyan border on 21 November...
    26 KB (3,330 words) - 11:15, 26 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Oasis
    " For example, five historic oases in the Western Desert of Egypt (Kharga, Dakhla, Farafra, Baharyia, and Siwa) once had "flowing spring and wells" but...
    145 KB (3,264 words) - 04:35, 28 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Black Desert (Egypt)
    Rubana; Geological heritage of the Bahariya and Farafra oases, the central Western Desert of Egypt, Journal of African Earth Sciences (2016). A.M. Afify...
    4 KB (274 words) - 08:29, 15 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ahmed Fakhry
    Ahmed Fakhry (category Egyptian Egyptologists)
    ISBN 9780385503051. Siwa Oasis, Cairo, Egypt, American University in Cairo Press 1990 Bahriyah and Farafra, Cairo, American University in Cairo Press...
    3 KB (246 words) - 13:59, 25 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rosetta
    Rosetta (redirect from Rashid, Egypt)
    is a port city of the Nile Delta, 65 km (40 mi) east of Alexandria, in Egypt's Beheira governorate. The Rosetta Stone was discovered there in 1799. Founded...
    15 KB (1,388 words) - 14:03, 27 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bahariya Oasis
    Bahariya Oasis (category Oases of Egypt)
    Cretaceous mangrove deposit in Egypt, in: Science, vol. 292,5522 (2001), pp. 1704–1706. "Bahariya and Farafra: Egypt's bizarre, desert landscape". BBC...
    21 KB (2,063 words) - 13:38, 11 September 2024
  • video features the band performing the song in the White Desert in Farafra, Egypt. CD single 7" single "Klaxons Mercury award winners". Clash. 1 September...
    4 KB (234 words) - 10:43, 23 December 2023