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    Lake Mariout (Arabic: بحيرة مريوط Boḥēret Maryūṭ, IPA: [boˈħeːɾet mɑɾˤˈjuːtˤ], also spelled Maryut or Mariut), is a brackish lake in northern Egypt near...
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    Taposiris Magna Greek: Ταπόσιρις Μαγνὰ) is a seaside town on the shore of Lake Mariout on the western extremity of Egypt's Nile delta. It is situated about...
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    the navigable arm of the now dried-out bed of the ancient Lake Mariout. The size of the lake raises the possibility that the harbor played a role in the...
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  • passport. Taposiris Magna, a semi-destroyed temple located on the edge of Lake Mariout in Borg El Arab, about 50 kilometers west of Alexandria, was the site...
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    coastal Lake Manzala in the north-east of the delta. To the north-west are three other coastal lakes or lagoons: Lake Burullus, Lake Idku and Lake Mariout. The...
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  • DJ, and record producer, known professionally as the Blessed Madonna Lake Mariout, Egypt, once called Marea Fiat Marea MAREA, a transatlantic communications...
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    and road leading southward had lake Ma'adieh/Aboukir bay on its eastern embankment, and the ancient freshwater Lake Mariout on its western embankment. (Later...
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    El Dawwar, Mersa Matruh. History of Christianity in Egypt HMS Aboukir Lake Mariout Griffith (1911). Chisholm (1911). Connelly, Owen (2006). Blundering to...
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    the Libyan Desert. At a certain spot near a water well at the end of Lake Mariout, not far from Alexandria, the camel stopped and wouldn't move. The Christians...
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    agriculture plants. Three of Egypt's Northern Lakes are located there: Lake Mariout, Edko Lake and Lake Burullus. This subregion faces Central Turkey...
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  • lakes in the Nile Delta are Lake Mariout south of Alexandria, Lake Edku east of Alexandria, Lake Burullus east of Rosetta and Lake Manzala between Damietta...
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  • "Mareotic Lake", which appears in the second line of the poem, is used in the classical religious work De Vita Contemplativa to refer to Lake Mariout in Egypt...
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    Hermopolis Parva Letopolis (Ausim) Phatanus (El-Batanu, El-Batnu) Mariotes (Lake Mariout) Menelaite (Idku) Metelis (Fuwwah) Naucratis (An Nuqrash) Nicius (Zawyat...
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    the Western Desert. At a certain spot near a water well at the end of Lake Mariout, not far from Alexandria, the camel stopped and wouldn't move. The Christians...
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  • of pollutants, including microplastics, have entered the neighboring Lake Mariout and the sea as a result. The largest wastewater treatment plant in Egypt...
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    Lake Mariout...
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    Dynasty or later (600–300 BC) Kneeling statue of Wahibre, from near Lake Mariout (530 BC) Sarcophagus of Ankhnesneferibre (525 BC) Torso of Nectanebo...
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    KV20 - KV34 - KV35 - KV39 - KV42 - KV43 - KV46 - KV55 - KV60 - KV62 Lake Mariout - Lake Nasser - Miles Lampson, 1st Baron Killearn - Land of Goshen - Land...
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    travelled towards Ramleh, Alexandria. After a difficult crossing of Lake Mariout, they were surrounded and detained by British forces, without having...
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    "philosophers" (cf. I.2) and mentions a group that lived on a low hill by the Lake Mareotis close to Alexandria in circumstances resembling lavrite life (cf...
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  • Abu Gorab Abu Mena Abu Rawash Abu Simbel Abusir Abusir Bana Abusir (Lake Mariout) Abusir Papyri Abu Tesht Abuwtiyuw Abydos, Egypt Abydos boats Abydos...
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    Dynasty or later (600–300 BC) Kneeling statue of Wahibre, from near Lake Mariout (530 BC) Sarcophagus of Ankhnesneferibre (525 BC) Obelisks and sarcophagus...
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    the canal of Alexandria and thereby to let the waters of the sea into Lake Mariout, cutting off any chance of escape for the French. This was subsequently...
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    Ancient Egyptian pressing basin, in which grapes were probably trodden by human feet in the Marea region around present-day Lake Mariout...
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    Chatby Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Alexandria in 2005. Lake Burullus Lake Mariout Ansari, Abid A.; Singh, Gill Sarvajeet; Lanza, Guy R.; Rast, Walter...
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    local authorities decided to treat wastewater and discharge it into Lake Mariout, an important fishing ground and recreational area. The discharge of...
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  • Lower Egypt, and is now known as Damanhur, on the canal linking Lake Mareotis (Mariout) to the Canopic branch of the Nile. The ancient Egyptian name of...
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  • body of Saint Mena which had been in the ruins of the Abu Mena Complex in Mariout was moved there. The body remained there until a modern Monastery bearing...
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