On the recommendation of a friend in Siwa, I found a papyrus preserved in London that I did not know, discovered more than a century ago which bears a "Postcard" sent by a certain Nearchus to his frie
LRDG in Siwa Oasis"Long Range Desert Group" (LRDG) was a reconnaissance and raiding unit of the British Army during the Second World War. Originally called...
Photo from Robin Maugham's book - "Journey to Siwa" made in 1947.These are the first images that I found after the end of the war and they show us a still traditional Siwa but we are close enough to our...
"Camels Through Libya - a Desert Adventure from the Fringes of the Sahara to the Oases of Upper EgypCampbell in his book describes his journey through the Italian Libya in 1931 and 1932 which leads him to pass by the oasis of Siwa coming...
The Journey of Exploration of Bruneau De LaborieThe Journey of Exploration of Bruneau De Laborie in 1923 from Cameroon to Cairo via the Libyan desert (and Siwa). #Siwa #BruneaudeLaborie
The diatribe on which of the two temples is that of the Oracle of SiwaUntil the visit of the Scottish traveler James Hamilton in 1852 all modern travelers (Browne, Horneman, Cailliaud and following) believed...
Here I present two Siwa paintings made by Jaro Hilbert in 1960There are other paintings from his Egyptian period some relating to Marsa Matruh. Biography Jaro Hilbert (1897-1995) Of Czech parents,...
In 2017 a cartoon character has an adventure in the Siwa Oasis and presents interesting drawings.Evidently the authors have well interpreted the current state of our knowledge. Alix Senator was created by Jacques Martin in 1948. For...
I propose this post from early 2018 again because I have more information about the spread of ChristFor those who still believe that Christianity has never arrived in Siwa. Belgrave says (Page 88): "Somewhere abaut the fourth century...