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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, 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 ).
He then launched an initiative for further field research in the Fayyum, which was intended, among other things, to investigate the origin of the closest human relatives. In cooperation with Yale University and later Duke University with the Geological Survey of Egypt and the Geological Museum of Cairo, the fieldwork began in 1961 and ended in ...
Egypt The Jebel Qatrani Formation (also Gebel Qatrani , Gabal Qatrani or Djebel Qatrani ) is a geologic formation located in the Faiyum Governorate of central Egypt . It is exposed between the Jebel Qatrani escarpment and the Qasr el Sagha escarpment , north of Birket Qarun lake near Faiyum .
Fayoum, Petrified wood protectorate in New-Cairo Area/ Cairo-Suez desert road & entire Western Desert of Egypt is covered in Petrified wood. This is one of the clues that the region was a tropical climate. The petrified wood is very diverse and many samples are very beautiful, often actually littering the ground in certain areas.
Faiyum (/ f aɪ ˈ j uː m / fy-YOOM; Arabic: الفيوم, romanized: el-Fayyūm, locally [elfæjˈjuːm]) [a] is a city in Middle Egypt. Located 100 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 to its strategic location. [2]
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Faiyum Governorate: Country: Egypt: The Gehannam Formation (or Gar Gehannam) is a formation in Egypt which dates to the Eocene. [1]
Date: 27 April 2008: Source: This file was derived from: Ancient Egypt map.svg by Jeff Dahl The location of Faiyum Oasis was referenced from the book: Shaw, Ian , ed. (2003) Dějiny starověkého Egypta ISBN: 80-7257-975-4.