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Huwara or Howwarah (Arabic: حُوّارة, romanized: Ḥuwwārah, pronounced [ħʊwˈwaːra] ⓘ) [3] is a Palestinian town located in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine. Located in the northern Israeli-occupied West Bank , Huwara is on the main road connecting Nablus southwards to Ramallah and Jerusalem, approximately 4 miles ...
Hawara is an archaeological site of Ancient Egypt, south of the site of Crocodilopolis ('Arsinoë', also known as 'Medinet al-Faiyum') at the entrance to the depression of the Fayyum oasis. It is the site of a pyramid built by Pharaoh Amenemhat III of the 12th dynasty in the 19th century B.C. [1]
A drawing of the Pyramid of Amenemhat III at Hawara and the surrounding ruins, made by Karl Richard Lepsius c. 1850. Note the Bahr Sharqiyyah canal running through the site. In the 17th century, Claude Sicard suggested that the Labyrinth may have been located at Hawara. [22]
The Pyramid of Amenemhet III at Hawara. Amenemhat III was the last powerful ruler of the Twelfth Dynasty, and the pyramid he built at Hawara, near the Faiyum, is believed to post-date the so-called "Black Pyramid" built by the same ruler at Dahshur. It is the Hawara pyramid that is believed to have been Amenemhet's final resting place.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Israeli settler attack on Palestinians in the West Bank Not to be confused with 2023 Huwara shooting. Huwara rampage Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict A car set on fire by settlers Location Huwara Date 26 February 2023 (2023-02-26) (UTC+02:00) Target Local Palestinian residents Attack type ...
Lake Moeris (Ancient Greek: Μοῖρις, 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 of its former size as the hypersaline Lake Qarun (Arabic: بركة قارون).
Palestinians and an Israeli soldier at the Huwara checkpoint, 2005. The Huwara checkpoint (Hebrew: מחסום חווארה; Arabic: حاجز حوارة) is a formerly major checkpoint operated by the Israel Defense Forces at one of the four main exits of Nablus.
Two Israelis from Ashdod, Shai Sailas Nigrker, 60, and his son Aviv (Nigrker) Nir, 29, arrived in Huwara on Saturday, August 19, 2023, to service their car. After several hours of repairs, the two were at a car wash on Highway 60 south of Hawara. Around 3:04pm, a Palestinian terrorist arrived, shot them and ran away. [2]