The Faiyum Oasis (Arabic: واحة الفيوم Wāḥat al-Fayyum) is a depression or basin in the desert immediately west of the Nile river, 62 miles south of Cairo...

kilometres (62 miles) southwest of Cairo, in the Faiyum Oasis, it is the capital of the modern Faiyum Governorate. It is one of Egypt's oldest cities due...

governorate of Faiyum includes: The large fertile Faiyum Oasis, which comprises farmland, Lake Moeris, and some cities. South of the Faiyum Oasis, a smaller...

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 a fraction...

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...

Abydos. It appears that the Faiyum A culture and the Badarian and Tasian Periods overlapped significantly; however, the Faiyum A culture was considerably...

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...

"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)...

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 Sobek...

in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt located in the northeast corner of the Faiyum Oasis. It was roughly 60 hectares in size and its peak population is estimated...

Nesos (Ancient Greek: Σοκνοπαίου Νῆσος) was an ancient settlement in the Faiyum Oasis (Egypt), located a few kilometers north of Lake Qarun (known in antiquity...

constructed at El-Lahun. Senusret II took a great deal of interest in the Faiyum oasis region and began work on an extensive irrigation system from Bahr Yussef...

industry, originated locally, or at least from within Northeastern Africa. Faiyum Oasis of Egypt also provides evidence for agriculture from about the same period...

archaeological site in Faiyum Governorate, Egypt. The town is in the Faiyum Oasis, 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from the city of Faiyum. Outside the village are...

those of A. zitteli, date to around 28–27 million years ago. While the Faiyum Oasis is the only site where complete skeletons of Arsinoitherium fossils were...

other major oases form a topographic chain of basins extending from the Faiyum Oasis (sometimes called the Fayyum Depression) which lies 60 kilometers (37 mi)...

attached to coffins containing the latest dated mummies discovered in the Faiyum Oasis represent a population of both native Egyptians and those with mixed...

right maxilla from 'Quarry M' of the Jebel Qatrani Formation near the Faiyum Oasis of Egypt as belonging to a new species of Pterodon, P. syrtos. The specific...

of land some 133 m (436 ft) below sea level. Another depression, the Faiyum Oasis lies south west of Cairo and is connected to the Nile by a channel. To...

in the twelfth dynasty (about 1800 BCE) using the natural lake of the Faiyum Oasis as a reservoir to store surpluses of water for use during dry seasons...

issues, particularly the irrigation of the Faiyum. This multi-generational project aimed to convert the Faiyum oasis into a productive swath of farmland. Senusret...

Egyptian relics from Crocodilopolis and the Faiyum Oasis archaeological region. It covers the history of the Faiyum Governorate, customs and traditions, and...

"Additionally, they are oblivious to the fact that the mouth of the Faiyum Oasis, where the sample was located, is well known, through historical documents...

of this ancient Egyptian structure were discovered at Hawara in the Faiyum Oasis by Flinders Petrie at the foot of the pyramid of the twelfth-dynasty...

found in the temple library in ancient Tebtunis, a town in the southern Faiyum Oasis. These include texts both in hieratic and demotic; some parts are written...

language: Uncertain, possibly ꜥnḫ Ỉmn-m-hꜣt 'Amenemhat Lives'), in the Faiyum Oasis. This pyramid project was begun around Amenemhat III's 15th regnal year...

Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2024. "Oasis of Fayoum, hydraulic remains and ancient cultural landscapes". UNESCO World...

on the Bahr Yussef, a branch that terminates in Lake Moeris and the Faiyum oasis. In ancient Egyptian times, there was a city on the site called Per-Medjed...

a donkey or as a man with the head of a donkey, and in the Book of the Faiyum, Set is depicted with a flamingo head. The earliest representations of what...

northeastern Africa at 8.5–6.7 cal kyr B.P., based on lacustrine records in the Faiyum Oasis, Egypt". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 528: 121...