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Place *Thiges/Castellum Thigensium — by R.B. Hitchner — last modified Jul 03, 2023 06:57 AM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 33 B4 *Thiges/Castellum Thigensium
Place Ad Piscinam? — by E.W.B. Fentress — last modified Jun 21, 2019 11:47 AM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 34 D3 Ad Piscinam?
Place Aggarsel Nepte/Castra Neptitana — by E.W.B. Fentress — last modified Jul 18, 2023 08:53 PM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 34 F4 Aggarsel Nepte/Castra Neptitana
Place Ain Amour — by G. Wagner — last modified Jan 10, 2019 08:39 PM
A small oasis lying about 60 km north west of Kharga, on the escarpment outlining the depression. It was the only water source along the Darb Ain Amur, one of the two tracks that linked Kharga and Dakhla. The archaeological remains consist of a Late Period stone temple and a large cemetery. Surveyed between 2006 and 2011 by the North Kharga Oasis Survey project.
Place Ammon — by D.J. Mattingly — last modified Apr 19, 2022 05:50 AM
The Siwa Oasis was, in antiquity, site of the oracular temple of Amun (Zeus Ammon).
Place Baris? — by G. Wagner — last modified Jan 11, 2019 10:22 AM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 79 D4 Baris?
Place Cadesh Barnea — by B. Isaac — last modified Feb 28, 2023 06:36 PM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 70 E4 Cadesh Barnea
Place Casae Nigrae — by E.W.B. Fentress — last modified Jul 21, 2023 08:05 PM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 34 F3 Casae Nigrae
Place Esotero (Oasis) — by G. Wagner — last modified Jun 22, 2020 03:00 PM
The modern Dakhla (Dakhleh) Oasis in Egypt's western desert.
Place Fauces Garamanticae — by D.J. Mattingly — last modified Nov 27, 2020 03:38 PM
The Garamanticae Fauces, or Valley of the Garamantes. Modern Wadi el-Agial.
Place Fayyum (oasis) — by Gabriel Mckee — last modified Aug 05, 2020 06:36 PM
Large depression (not a true oasis) west of the Nile River containing arable land watered by the flooding of the Nile. Inhabited from the Mesolithic period, the Fayyum contains the earliest evidence of farming in Egypt. The water levels of the Fayyum's lake varied significantly until a land reclamation project during the 12th dynasty implemented artificial water controls. During the Ptolemaic and Roman periods, the Fayyum was administered as the Arsinoite Nome.
Place Hibis — by G. Wagner — last modified May 30, 2023 02:28 PM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 79 D3 Hibis
Place Kriz — by E.W.B. Fentress — last modified Jul 20, 2023 02:57 PM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 34 G3 Kriz
Place Oasis Magna/Thebaidos — by G. Wagner — last modified Jun 22, 2020 02:58 PM
Kharga: one of the large oases of Egypt’s Western Desert.
Place Oasis Parva — by D.J. Mattingly — last modified Aug 04, 2020 05:22 PM
The Bahariya Oasis is a depression and oasis located in the Western Desert of Egypt approximately 370 km from Cairo.
Place Palmyra — by J.P. Brown — last modified Dec 29, 2023 08:11 PM
An ancient oasis and trading city with monumental remains, located in modern Syria. Under Zenobia, Palmyra was the capital of the breakaway Palmyrene Empire, leading to Aurelian's razing of the city. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.
Place Sherabad Oasis — by Zachary Rosalinsky — last modified Oct 12, 2022 03:25 PM
Oasis region in Southern Uzbekistan centered around the city of Sherabad/Sherobod containing 126 archaeological sites dating from the 2nd half of the 2nd millennium BCE to the 5th century CE.
Place Thusuros — by E.W.B. Fentress — last modified Jul 20, 2023 03:05 PM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 34 G4 Thusuros
Place Untitled — by E.W.B. Fentress — last modified Oct 20, 2012 05:07 PM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 34 D3 unnamed feature ()
Place Untitled — by E.W.B. Fentress — last modified Oct 20, 2012 05:07 PM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 34 D3 unnamed feature ()

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