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Shali which simply means town. This new fortified town was built with only three gates. |
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You can enjoy the Sunset from the highest room in Shali Mountain , but are you imagine !! you will still there up in a cold night waiting the Sunshine it’s so amazing view …….. Enjoy the Amazing way of life in Siwa Oasis. |
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Gebel (Jebel) al-Mawta in the Siwa Oasis of Egypt is known, for fairly obvious reasons, as the Mountain of the Dead, because it is here in this conical mountain a little over a kilometer to the north of Shali along the main road from the escarpment that a number of tombs are situated. Local residents also call it Gebel (Qaret) al-Musabbarin (Missabbarin), meaning Mountain of the Embalmed. The tombs, which cover every inch of its base and are situated on its terraces and on all sides of the conical part, date from the 26th Dynasty, the Greek (Ptolemaic) and the Roman periods, though there appear to be no Christian burials. |
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One of the greatest stories told of the Oasis concerns the visit by Alexander the Great to the Oracle. Almost immediately after taking Egypt from the Persians and establishing Alexandria, Alexander the Great headed for the Siwa Oasis to consult the now famous Oracle of Amon. This trip, made with a few comrades, is well documented. He was not the first to experience problems in the desert, as whole armies before him had been lost in the sand. The caravan got lost, ran out of water and was even caught up in an unusual rainstorm. However, upon arrival at the Oasis and the Oracle of Amon, Alexander was pronounced a god, an endorsement required for legitimate rule of the country. |
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Shali Mountain |
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Gebel (Jebel) al-Mawta |
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Oracle Of Amon |
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