qasr el sagha qasr el sagha, the Golden Fortress, is an unusual Middle Kingdom building situated north of the lake, halfway up the escarpment. At one time the northern shore of Lake Qarun stood close to_ the temple. The temple is constructed of limestone slabs fitted together like a jig-saw puzzle, complete with oblique comer joints. It is […]
Egypt western desert tours Egypt western desert tours is essentially a flat rocky plateau, much of its vast expanse is covered by eolian (wind blown) and the Great Sand Sea of Egypt is part of one of the largest sand-covered areas on earth. The Greal Sand Sea extends we Libyan border wesT of Siwa Oasis in a […]
Fayoum Fayoum and continues through the Fayoum, to emerge at Bani Suwayf. The province of Fayoum is the largest and westernmost of the several oases, scattered acrogss the Western Desert. lt differs from all the others in being fed directly by an offshoot of the Nile, which leaves the main river at Manqabad just N of Asyiit. The depression, […]
Wadi Rayan Fayoum (Rayyan Valley).An evolving ecosystem. wadi rayan fayoum is one of the depressions in Egypt’s Western Desert and has the advantages of being near the Nile Valley, being uninhabited (unlike its twin depression of Fayoum) and having a considerable depth (60 meters below sea level at its lowest point) and volume (a storage capacity of 21 […]
