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
Does the pilgrimage of the emperor of Mali, Mansa Musa, to Mecca also pass by the Oasis of Siwa?The precise route is not certain but many sources mention the oasis of Augila as a stop on the runway for Cairo and, in this case, the...
The Geological Map of Egypt published in 1910The Geological Map of Egypt published in 1910 is also interesting for the toponym of the Siwa Oasis in this period. link to access the...
RIKLI, M., Durch die Marmarica zur Oase Siwa 1929Some photographs of Siwa and Gara in 1929 taken from an article on the study of vegetation in Marmarica and in the two oases. RIKLI, M.,...
Article on the occupation of Siwa by Italian troops in 1942Article on the occupation of Siwa by Italian troops in 1942 taken from the French magazine "L'illustation" of 7 November 1942. There are...
Henry Breasted (A History of Egypt)Henry Breasted, a great Egyptologist of the beginning of the last century, writes one of the first general works of Egyptian history (A...
The World Map of Fra MauroIn the World Map of Fra Mauro, the most important and complete of the Middle Ages realized in Venice by the monk Camaldolese around 1450...
The captain de Saint ExupéryThe captain de Saint Exupéry (father of Antoine, author of the little Prince) made an exploration trip in Sudan in 1898 and then to the...
Hansjoachim von der Esch in SiwaHansjoachim von der Esch was a German explorer in Egypt and Libya. From 1929 to 1939 he worked representing a German enterprise in Egypt....
Map of Bayle St. John's journey to the Siwa OasisMap of Bayle St. John's journey to the Siwa Oasis in 1847 and described in his book: "Adventures in the Libyan desert and the oasis of...
"The Old Town of Siwa"Some doubts about the authorship of the text but it is, however, a source of 1827. "The Old Town of Siwa Deb Manley sends in an account...