Siwa Oasis is one of the most important sites and archaeological places in Egypt. Located in the Western Desert of Egypt, Siwa is an oasis with diverse touristic offerings. It is part of the Matrouh City in the North-Western part of Egypt. The people of Siwa are unique. They have a special dialect, traditional clothes, and their very own traditions and customs. Siwa is also unique for its distinctive architecture built from the kruchev stone, which is a mixture of salt and soft sand mixed with clay. It is characterized by doors made of the olive tree and palm tree wood. Siwa is rich in its history. Its archaeological sites vary, dating back to different eras. They include the Temple of Amun, from the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty.

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Alexander the Great chose to visit this temple when he entered Egypt because its priests were very well known for their ability to predict. There is also the “Mountain of the Dead”, which is a mountain with a number of tombs carved into the rock dating back to the late period, including the tomb of 'Si Amun'. Siwa is home to the ancient village of Shali. 'Shali', which means city in the Siwi dialect, is an ancient fortress that was built between the 12th - 13th centuries AD in order to deter any attack from the mobile tribes in the desert. The city was surrounded by a wall with one entrance, and over time a second one was opened from the south side of the wall and was called (Bab Atrat), meaning the new door. Then a third entrance called (Bab Qaduha) was opened for women. In the oasis, there is the ancient mosque, which was the first mosque opened in the tenth century AD, as well as the Tandi mosque, which dates back to the thirteenth century AD, and the ancient Aghurmi Mosque. Siwa is famous for wellness tourism, as its sand contains natural elements that are used in alternative medicine purposes, in addition to water from lakes and sulfur springs that are used for therapeutic purposes, the most famous of which is “Ain Cleopatra”, which means (Eye of Cleopatra in English) also known as Ain Juba. Siwa Oasis was declared a natural reserve, due to its environmental diversity, as it was called the land of palms and olives. It is characterized by the cultivation of natural herbs of high purity and quality.

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The Siwa Oasis has more than 200 natural springs from which 190 thousand cubic meters of water flow daily, hot and cold; fresh and salty. There is the island of “Fatnas”, which is considered one of the most beautiful islands. It was dubbed 'The Island of Imagination', (IOI) where its picturesque mix of water, desert, and the palm trees form an exquisite painting, particularly during sunsets.

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