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    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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  • Faiyum is a city in Middle Egypt. Faiyum, Fayoum or Fayyum may also refer to: Faiyum Oasis, in the Faiyum region in Egypt Faiyum Governorate, one of the...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    Abydos. It appears that the Faiyum A culture and the Badarian and Tasian Periods overlapped significantly; however, the Faiyum A culture was considerably...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    industry, originated locally, or at least from within Northeastern Africa. Faiyum Oasis of Egypt also provides evidence for agriculture from about the same...
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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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    Wadi al Hitan (category Faiyum Governorate)
    pronunciation: [ˈwa.diː elˈħit.æːn] ) is a paleontological site in the Faiyum Governorate of Egypt, some 150 kilometres (93 mi) south-west of Cairo. It...
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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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    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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    Wadi El Rayan (category Faiyum Governorate)
    Wadi El Rayan is a unique nature protectorate in Faiyum Governorate, Egypt, under the supervision of the Ministry of Environmental Affairs (EEAA). Wadi...
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  • El Kubra Gharbia 618,517 Tanta Gharbia 601,888 Asyut Asyut 570,412 Faiyum Faiyum 534,057 Khusus Qalyubiya 506,800 Zagazig Sharqia 466,970 Ismailia Ismailia...
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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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    Bahr Yussef (category Faiyum)
    "the waterway of Joseph") is a canal which connects the Nile River with Faiyum Oasis in Egypt. In ancient times it was called Tomis (Ancient Greek: Τωμις)...
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    Zarqa (m) El Zawya El Hamra (k) El Zohur (k) Esna (m) Faisal (k) Faiyum (k) Faiyum (m) Faqous (k) Faqous (m) Faraskur (m) Farshut (m) Fayed (m) Fuwa...
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    Greek, mostly from the city of Heracleopolis, and only a few papyri from Faiyum, written in the Demotic Egyptian language. Overall this is a much smaller...
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