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SIWA


 Intro

Ruins of Shali

Around Shali

The town

The oasis

Gebel al-Mawta

Alexander's Oracle

Temple of Amon

Cleopatra's pool

Gebel Dakrur

Tourist festival

Fatnis Island

Alexander's tomb

Birket Siwa

Birket Zeitun

Well of Abu Shuruf

Sunset over Libyan Desert

Bir Wahed

Night images

Paradise disappearing?

Practicalities

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Eating & sleeping

Getting around

Climate

Health

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SIWA:
Temple of Amon

If the oracle has been badly treated by time, the Temple of Amon is in an even worse condition. Just a piece of a wall still stands, held up by crude modern bricks. Fortunately some fine wall-paintings on the western side of the wall have survived.
It is believe to have been built by the command of King Nectanebo 2 in the 4th century BCE. It would have been standing if it hadn't been for an Ottoman general who blew it up in 1896 to get building material.

Temple of Amon, Siwa, Egypt

Temple of Amon, Siwa, Egypt

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