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| | www.siwaoasis-eg.com * Siwa Oasis - History * |
 | | Siwa also prospered as a religious centre, with many kings sending delegates to consult the Oracle of Amun. | | | After consulting the oracle, he claimed to be the son of the god Zeus Amun, and so chose to be buried in Siwa. | | | Siwa started to go into decline around the sixth century AD, when many of the pagan temples in Siwa fell out of use thanks to the spread of Christianity. |
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| | Al-Ahram Weekly Travel As good as it gets |
| | Yet Siwa was, in its own way, the centre of Egyptian culture, for a temple built to honour the sun god Amun-Ra housed a divine oracle whose fame in 700 BC was widespread in the eastern Mediterranean. | | | In 1820, Siwa came under outside rule for the first time when it was conquered by the troops of Mohamed Ali, the Ottoman pasha of Egypt. | | | This is conceivable given that along with political prisoners, the Romans banished church leaders to the Western Oases. |
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| | Egypt: The History of the Siwa Oasis< |
| | It seems there was a repetition of him sending troops, the people of the Siwa resisting, then giving in and agreeing to pay tribute, but once the troops were gone, reneging and refusing to allow strangers into their community, so Muhammad Ali would once again send troops. | | | However, matters were not settled in the Oasis as for the distant rule of Muhammad Ali. | | | "Then the entire Western force, led by their chief, Uthman Habun, on his great white war-horse, the only one in Siwa, surged out of the town, through the narrow gates, firing and shrieking, waving swards and spears, followed by their women throwing stones. |
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| | Al-Ahram Weekly Heritage Dialogue with Amun |
| | Possibly Cambyses wanted to silence the oracle and the priests at Siwa, who had only predicted bad news for him and his forebears; whatever his reason, the year after his arrival he sent what, if not exaggerated, seems like an unnecessarily large army of 50,000 men to destroy it. | | | There are no surviving eyewitness reports of his death and the original source of this assertion is not known, but the Macedonian king was fascinated by the oracle and it is quite probable that he did express a wish to be buried in Egypt. | | | The oracle continued to draw believers at least until the second half of the same century, and the priests may have continued to serve Amun for another 400 years. |
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| | Alexander the Great went to Siwa in 331 BC to consult with the Oracle of Amoun, to ask if he was the son of Zeus. | | | We've added him and more tidbits about Siwa, our new favorite place, to our People Pages. | | | We got lost trying to find the remains of the Oracle of Amoun on the way to the Mountain of the Dead. |
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| | Siwa Oasis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Evidence of Christianity at Siwa is dubious, but in 708 the Siwans resisted an Islamic army, and probably did not convert until 12th century. | | | The oasis was officially added to Egypt by Muhammad Ali in 1819, but his rule was tenuous and marked by several revolts. | | | The old town of Shali illuminated by night. |
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| | International Travel News: Timeless Roads of the Mideast & Mediterrane... @ HighBeam Research |
| | For centuries, caravans have crossed Egypt's gravelly western desert seeking Siwa's famous dates and olives or audiences with Siwa's divine oracle. | | | The oracle's invincibility gradually waned due to bad prophesies and the advent of Christianity and ceased after Egypt's conversion to Islam in the mid-sixth century A.D. Mrs. | | | The Egyptian pharaoh Amasis (570.526 B.C.) built a temple here in honor of the ram-headed sun god Amun-Ra and to house the oracle of Siwa. |
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| | Microsoft Egypt - Community Affairs |
| | Siwa is famous in history as the place where Alexandre the great was cronated as the divine son of Amon, the Ancient Egyptian all mighty god. | | | The centre offers teachers and students alike with information accessibility through the Internet, only available previously in Alexandria. | | | Siwa is one of five Oasis in the western desert of Egypt, located 320 km south of Marsa Matrouh with 18,500 thousand in population. |
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http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/egypt/english/communityaffairs/siwa.asp
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| | Voyage à Siwa |
| | Il faut également rappeler que Siwa était totalement fermée aux étrangers jusqu'au début des années 90, et que l'électricité n'y a fait son apparition qu'en 1985. | | | Il m'a montré son projet dessiné, représentant quelques symboles de Siwa (sources, Shali). | | | Pourtant, il existe à Siwa quelques exemples d'espaces de libre expression pour les hommes (je ne sais pas s'il en existe de similaires pour les femmes). |
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| | The Seoul Times |
| | But the most attractive part about her is not the way she lives her life; it is in the way she willingly and openly helps other people live out their life with greater passion and dignity — it is this passion to give that raises Seehafer above mediocrity. | | | Not unlike the accidental medical advancing discovery of penicillin from an old woman's moldy orange, Seehafer's unintentional discovery of SIWA was definitely a positive gain for South Korea. | | | Founded in 1956, SIWA is a non-profit, volunteer organization comprising of approximately 500 members from over 50 countries, making it the largest international women's organization in South Korea. |
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| | GAY GUIDE TO SIWA OASIS |
| | It is only speculation but Alexander's bisexuality is well-known and some of the young priests may have earned a living as male prostitutes. | | | For whatever reason Alexander was so happy here he declared he would be buried in Siwa. | | | Once ready head out to the dunes on the road which takes you past Siwa's only hospital. |
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http://www.gayegypt.com/gayguidtosiw.html
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| | Harpocrates Publishing, "Siwa: the oasis" |
| | Isolated by a sea of sand, Siwa lived for millennia according to its own laws and customs, and today remains a symbol of all that is different and all that is unique in an ever more uniform world. | | | It was here that Alexander the Great came to consult the celebrated oracle of Ammon and it was here that he received confirmation of his divine origins. | | | Alain Blottière leads us through the past and present of Siwa on a journey that is at once intimate and personal and yet touches on the universal in his plea for the preservation of one of the last places on Earth that truly merits the name "oasis" both geographically and metaphorically. |
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http://www.harpocrates.com.eg/siwa.htm
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| | www.siwaoasis-eg.com * Siwa Culture * |
| | To return to Alexandria there are four buses daily from Siwa at 7am, 10am, 5pm. | | | The buses from Sidi Gabber Bus Station are at 8.30am, 11.30am and 2.30am. | | | You can also travel to Siwa by minibus from Alexandria. |
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| | Siwa, Egypt |
| | Ruins of an ancient temple are called the Oracle of Alexander, as the Greece conquerer reportedly came here for divine advise. | | | Shadows were already growing long, till we finally watched sunset in the desert. | | | The palm trees and mudbrick houses, the smell of dust in my nose really let me feel being somewhere special and made Siwa the place I liked most in Egypt. |
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http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/%7Ebalex/Across%20Asia%202001-2002/Egypt/Siwa/index.html
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| | Welcome to The Sahara Adventure... |
| | They were up with the sun for their final day in Siwa, and headed off to Suliman’s dune. | | | and on top of a dune near our camp site however the road from Matrouh to Siwa there is NO SIGNAL for 240KM. | | | Siwa is one of the best eco-touristic spots on the planet, and mammoth efforts must be made to preserve it’s natural beauties, in order to insure that for generations to come, people can count on coming out to the same mesmerizing oasis. |
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| | 331 BCE: Siwa is visited by Alexander the Great, who comes to visit the famous Oracle of Temple of Amon, seeking confirmation that he is the son of the god Zeus, as well as upholding the image of him also being the son of the god Amon. | | | 19th century: Siwa becomes part of modern Egypt. | | | The main settlement is Shali, situated at the centre of the oasis. |
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| | SIWA - LoveToKnow Article on SIWA |
| | Theinhabitants are of Libyan (Berber) stock and have a language of their own, but also speak Arabic. | | | Siwa contains many relics of antiquity besides the ruins of the temple of Ammon. | | | N.E. of Siwa, are tombs of Ptolemaic and Roman date; 10 m. |
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| | Egyptvoyager.com: Siwa Oasis - Egypt |
| | The temple was built during the XXVI Dynasty of the Egyptian kings and the Oracle became one of the most important of the Greek world. | | | There is a lot to see in Siwa, but probably one of the most famous sites is Aghurmi, where the remains of the ancient Temple of the Oracle of Amun are found. | | | Siwa is surrounded by a number of minor oases. |
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| | The Temple of Amun |
| | Essays for this sacred place are currently being written and will be featured here soon. | | | Subscribe to the Sacred Sites newsletters to receive updates, activities, announcements, book reviews, and links to related websites. | | | Sanctuary of the Temple of Amun, Siwa Oasis |
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| | Both when the Persian king Cambyses invaded in 525 and with Alexander the Great before his expeditions into Asia in 331 BCE, was the oracle consulted. | | | In early Islamic times, Siwa went into decline and sometime in the 13th century was down as little as 200. | | | Most live in the town Siwa, the rest are spread across over 10 smaller villages. |
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| | Costumes from other areas of the Middle East |
| | Siwa’s well documented link with the ancient Egyptian sin god Amun-Ra may be the origin of this radiating "sunburst" design always found embroidered in multicoloured silks on Siwan wedding dresses. | | | Girls from Siwa were expected to prepare up to seven pairs of trousers prior to their wedding. | | | The second shawl derfudit or milayer, a larger rectangular piece, was a style worn by women of the Oasis when outside their family home. |
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| | www.siwaoasis-eg.com * Siwa Oasis Index Page * |
| | The Siwan people have their own culture and customs and, as well as speaking Arabic, we speak own Berber (Amazigh) language. | | | Siwa, once the most mysterious of all Egypt's oases, is also the most fascinating. | | | This site is produced and maintained solely by the local people of Siwa for the enjoy- ment and education of all. |
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| | The Tomb of Alexander the Great at the Siwa Oasis |
| | She speaks with passion and love for the warm-hearted and hospitable peasants who inhabit Siwa, and whose affection and respect for this heroic woman is proven time and again as they stand by her during every conceivable kind of natural or man-induced calamity. | | | This affection is understandable as most of the legends and traditions of the oasis have something to do with Alexander, and the people of Siwa have a natural affinity toward this woman who is working hard to resurrect their hero. | | | We learn as well that the Siwan language is unique in Egypt and includes many Greek words, many of which are cataloged in the book. |
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| | et - Full Story |
| | The elders of the community rightfully predicted that this new accessibility could be detrimental to Siwa’s traditional society. | | | Siwa is one of the few and most important oases that we have left. | | | He claims that “ninety-five percent of all buildings which have in the past disregarded Siwa’s architectural heritage vis-a-vis their height, building material and appearance, are owned by the government.” |
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| | Famous throughout the Mediterranean world on account of its Eg.-style oracle and the visit Alexander the Great had paid to god Amun, Siwa goes unmentioned in sources from the Nile valley. | | | Siwa Oasis - "Ammon/Hammon" in Classical antiquity - is situated on the far side of Egypt's "Western Desert", some 80km from the border with Libya and 300km south of Marsa Matruh on the Mediterranean coast. | | | One of the latter (Qarat A., with spring) carries the acropolis and the Temple of the Oracle, while a "contra temple" (UB.) is situated on a low rise amongst the palm groves below, some 400m further south. |
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| | Siwa. Paradise disappearing? |
| | I once spotted a father teaching his two year old daughter to do this, helping her to wave her hand, and say "Hello" over and over again. | | | Many of these wells are big enough for bathing, and the locals won't mind you doing that, either. | | | Siwa is one of those rare places where people are open to strangers, but not corrupted or oriented towards exploiting a visitor. |
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| | Note how green it is, especially compared to the desert around it. | | | Siwa is a desert oasis, near the border of Libya. | | | It was a * place, but that was basically the best Siwa has to offer. |
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| | 140 Siwa |
| | You can click on this message to see their list of those items. | | | Palisa on October 13, 1874 and named after Siwa, the Slavic goddess of fertility. | | | However, the mission was rerouted to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and the flyby had to be abandoned. |
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| | MW Records - Tala Mena Siwa |
| | For this reason, the preservation of traditional beliefs is very important to the Moluccan community. | | | The members of Tala Mena Siwa are second and third generation Moluccans making up part of the 40,000 strong Moluccan community which first settled in the Netherlands in the early 1950's. | | | Tala Mena Siwa means literally 'a breakthrough' and their first album Sae ena (the First One) is definitely a first, being the first ever worldwide release of music that has remained virtually unknown, until now. |
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| | ::A Suneast Tours: Diving in Egypt |
| | Hidden amongst the sand dunes, camping and bathing in this natural hot spring is one of the delights that visitors should not miss. | | | These oases are located amongst the sand dunes on the track between Siwa and Bahariya Oasis. | | | Answering to a host of names through the centuries, siwa has been called Santarieh, the Oasis of Jupiter-Amun. |
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| | Siwa Oasis (Safari) in Cairo, Egypt |
| | Breakfast, drive over the highest sand dunes (app.80 M) in the western desert to the east. | | | You will stop to collect shells from the fossils mountain, then enjoy watching the sunset from the highest place around Siwa, having dinner around the fire, sleep overnight in the desert covered by the stars. | | | Next is a close-up look at Sphinx - a huge funeral complex guarded by the legendary lion body with the face of king Chephren. |
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| | Alexander in the Oasis of Siwa |
| | According to these unnamed sources, the chief priest of Ammon who was not very fluent in Greek, instead of correctly addressing Alexander as "O paidion" | | | Another interesting point that in Plutarch's account of Alexander's visit to the Ammoneion of Siwa, the author relates that historians before him had already challenged the accuracy of the alleged proclamation of Alexander as son of Ammon by the priests and had suggested their own interpretation of the disturbing rumors on the Macedonian king's divinity. | | | The latter claims that he drew his information mainly from Ptolemy and Aristoboulos who were present at Siwa at that time. |
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| | Siwa - Reviews and Travel Information - TripAdvisor |
| | TripAdvisor provides unbiased reviews and travel information for Siwa. | | | "Luxurious Nature: The Ecolodge at Siwa" IgoUgo.com, Jan 30, 2003 | | | "July 15, 2002 – Alexandria – Siwa Oasis" Ask-aladdin.com, Aug 1, 2002 |
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| | The Modern Oasis - Cairo, Egypt Travel + Leisure |
| | Traveling by camel from Alexandria, it took the general and his entourage eight days to reach Siwa, so how can I mind the one day it's taking us? | | | Some 2,300 years ago, Alexander the Great followed this same route to find one of the ancient world's most famous oracles, in the oasis settlement of Siwa. | | | Outside Marsa Matruh, we left the coast and dipped down onto a two-lane road that is the gateway to Egypt's vast Western Desert. |
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| | Apartment Siwa at uk.fush.com |
| | You are Siwa, Dewi-Sri, the flying God of rice,... | | | to the god Amun, at Siwa, so that he becomes Amun's son... | | | Apartment can stand as example of the lat-... |
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| | Desert oasis: Siwa is a refreshing addition to any Egyptian itinerary |
| | But one of Siwa's greatest attractions is the Siwans themselves, who are proud of their heritage and friendly to visitors. | | | Once the home of one of the most powerful and mysterious oracles in the ancient world, the Temple of Amun in Siwa Oasis has fallen to ruin, but the views from its crumbling walls are spectacular. | | | It is a place where time seems to stand still. |
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| | SIWA (ASTEROID) |
| | Siwa bewegt sich zwischen 2,1432 (Perihel) astronomischen Einheiten bis 3,3229 astronomischen Einheiten (Aphel) in 4,518 Jahren um die Sonne. | | | (140) Siwa ist ein Asteroid des Asteroiden-Hauptgürtels, der am 13. |
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| | Photos from Siwa Oasis Photos - Pictures from Siwa Oasis Pictures |
| | These are the remains of a great temple that was erected in Siwa. | | | Near the Oracle is a ruined Temple of Amun and the famous Cleopatra Bath, a deep pool of bubbling water where you can bathe. | | | Siwa used to be all mud brick houses on a hill with a wall around, that was to protect them against invaders, but since times are now peaceful (Supposedly), the people have moved out of the mud village on the hill, and are all over the oasis now. |
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| | The Tomb of Mesu-Isis at Gebel (Jebel) al-Mawta in the Siwa Oasis |
| | The text describes Osiris, in two lines of inscriptions, as "The foremost of the Westerners (the dead), and as the great god who is honored in "Tha-t'", which is probably the ancient name of the Siwa Oasis, or one of its localities. | | | The Tomb of Mesu-Isis at Gebel (Jebel) al-Mawta in the Siwa Oasis | | | Several of these were intact when the tomb was discovered in October 1940 by the Siwa people who dug into the Gebel al-Mawta tombs to escape the air raids of World War II. |
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| | UMP-ASR |
| | Isolated for centuries from the rest of the world, Siwa has developed its own language and unique local customs and traditions. | | | Siwa is home to an indigenous community of about 15,000 inhabitants, predominantly Bedouin of Arab, Berber and Sudanese origin, known for their hospitality, embroidered textiles, silver jewelry, and colorful baskets. | | | It has also had a major influence at the policy level, leading to a Governorate decree that all new constructions in Siwa be built in the traditional architectural style. |
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| | Biography of Siwa |
| | Using steps and styles from a time and culture when women owned the land and were the center of the community, Siwa strives to help each of her dancers find their own strength and grace through dance. | | | Siwa began her dancing career as a member of the troupe Bahar, with which she earned her first two titles, as 1st Runner Up and then as the Winner of the Belly Dance Troupe of the Year at the Belly Dancer of the Year Contest. | | | Siwa has also taken her art on the road, teaching seminars at Desert Dance Festival, MECDA and at Wiggles of the West in Reno, NV, as well as dancing for audiences as far away as Washington, Oregon, Michigan, and England. |
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| | Siwa - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Siwa |
| | The temple and oracle of Zeus Ammon, in the Siwa oasis, was once visited by Alexander the Great. | | | Siwa lies 18 m/59 ft below sea level and contains several artesian wells. | | | It is a lush and fertile region which produces olives and dates. |
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| | SIWA-REUTERS |
| | The exclusive hideaway for the rich has raised concerns that the sleepy oasis of Siwa, with its unique Berber culture and language, is finally on the verge of losing its identity as the outside world encroaches. | | | Hag Abdel-Qassem is the oldest palm tree cutter in town and one of Siwa's tribal notables. | | | Neamatalla hired him to revive the dying skill and pass it on to the youngsters brought from a nearby village to work. |
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| | Trip to Paradise - My trip to Siwa was a trip to Paradise - Dr. Zahi Hawass - The Plateau - Official Website of Dr. ... |
| | We are going to build a new site Museum in this important area and we are now implementing a site management program for the Temple of the Oracle where Alexander the Great entered the Sanctuary of the temple and the god Amon talked to him. | | | Siwa is now well protected and it is like a paradise. | | | And the lady from Greece, the head of Antiquities 5 years ago, who announced the discovery of the tomb of Alexander the Great in Siwa. |
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| | Siwa Egypt travel - The last frontier of humanity |
| | You will know that you are in Siwa when you begin seeing greenery all around you after an hour of sand. | | | Siwa Oasis was my wildest dream come true. | | | There are no safe direct links to Siwa from anywhere else in Egypt except Alexandria. |
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| | PLFOTO internetowe forum fotograficzne |
| | Siwa, dlatego też skrytykowałam, znając Twoje wcześniejsze zdjęcia =) Wiem, na co Cię stać. |
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| | Egypt on a Shoestring (Siwa) |
| | Then enjoy watching the sunset from the highest place around Siwa, having dinner around the fire. | | | All transfers and Pick-up services (according to the itinerary). | | | No deposit required, payment would be upon arrival. |
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