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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 , who was a Pharaoh of the 12th dynasty of the Old Kingdom, in 19 century B.C. [1]
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 ...
The Labyrinth of Egypt was built at Hawara by Amenemhat III, who ruled c. 1800 BC as the sixth pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty. [1][2] Karl Richard Lepsius also discovered cartouches bearing the name of Amenemhat's daughter, Sobekneferu, [2] suggesting that she made additions to the complex's decorations during her reign as king of Egypt.
Israeli settlers. On 26 February 2023, hundreds of Israeli settlers went on a violent late-night rampage in Huwara and other Palestinian villages in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, leaving one civilian dead and 100 other Palestinians injured, four critically, and the town ablaze. [1][2] It was the worst attack stemming from Israeli settler ...
Famous pyramids (cut-through with internal labyrinth layout). The Egyptian pyramids are ancient masonry structures located in Egypt. Sources cite at least 118 identified "Egyptian" pyramids. [1][2] Approximately 80 pyramids were built within the Kingdom of Kush, now located in the modern country of Sudan.
Humayma (Arabic: الحميمة, romanized: al-Humayma) also spelled Humeima and Humaima, is the modern name of ancient Hawara. [1][2][3] Hawara was a trading post in southern Jordan that was founded by the Nabataean king Aretas III in the early first century BC. [1] It is located 45 km to the south of the Nabataean capital Petra and 55 km to ...
Auaris, Hawara, Athyria: Capital of 14th and 15th Dynasties: Per-Ramessu (Pi-Ramesses) 1274 BC ... Location of stone quarries for Syenite granite: Nubt
The Faiyum Oasis (Arabic: واحة الفيوم Waḥet El Fayyum) is a depression or basin in the desert immediately west of the Nile river, 62 miles south of Cairo, Egypt. The extent of the basin area is estimated at between 1,270 km 2 (490 mi 2) and 1,700 km 2 (656 mi 2). The basin floor comprises fields watered by a channel of the Nile, the ...