Farafra Oasis is renowned for its White Desert, which many tourists visit on safaris from Bahariya rather than from the oasis “capital”, Qasr al-Farafra, a one-horse town if ever there was.
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Farafra Oasis is renowned for its White Desert, which many tourists visit on safaris from Bahariya rather than from the oasis “capital”, Qasr al-Farafra, a one-horse town if ever there was.
Submerged by the sea eons ago, leaving fossils on the high plateau, the Kharga depression is hemmed in by 300-meter-high cliffs, with belts of dunes advancing across the oasis
Verdant cultivated areas and a rugged escarpment across the northern horizon make a feast for the eyes in Dakhla Oasis
The smallest of the four oasis depressions, only 94km long and 42km wide. In the Late Cretaceous era, 94 million years ago, this was a steamy mangrove-swamp inhabited by dinosaurs such as the plant-eating paralititan and the carnivorous carcharodontosaurus whose bones have been found here
Among the major tourist sites, there is only one considered to be “The major” and on top of any list – The Pyramids of Giza.
The Egyptian Museum of Antiquities is considered to be one of the oldest, most famous, and largest museums in the world.
One of the most extensive archaeological sites in Egypt, it was the cemetery for Memphis the capital of ancient Egypt.
This hall leads to an inner side chamber decorated with religious scenes such as Queen Nefertari burning incense, and giving offerings to the Gods Osiris and Atum