Siwa Oasis
The Siwa Oasis is located between the Qattara Depression and the
Egyptian Sand Sea in the Libyan Desert, approximately 50 km east
of the Libyan border, and some 560 km from Cairo.
About 80 km in length and 20 km wide, it is one of Egypt's most isolated settlements, home to about 23,000 people, the majority of whom are ethnic Berbers who speak a distinct language known as Siwi. Agriculture is the main activity, primarily the growing of dates and olives.
Although the oasis is known to have been settled since at least the 10th millennium BC, there is no evidence of any connection with ancient Egypt until the 26th Dynasty, when a necropolis was established. Greek settlers at Cyrene made contact with the oasis around the same time (7th century BC), and...
