Faiyum
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Faiyum is a city in Mid Northern Egypt. Located 100 kilometres southwest of Cairo, in the Faiyum Oasis, it is the capital of the modern Faiyum Governorate. It is one of Egypt's oldest cities due to it
Madinat Fayyum Water Wheel
Valley whales in Fayoum
Qasr Qarun Facade
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Hawara
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Hawara is an archaeological site of Ancient Egypt, south of the site of Crocodilopolis at the entrance to the depression of the Fayyum oasis. It is the site of a pyramid built by King Amenemhat III of
Limestone pyramidion from the Hawara pyramid. Sir Flinders Petrie thought that this represented a model for Hawara pyramid. 12th Dynasty. From Hawara, Egypt. Petrie Museum, London.
Petrie unearthed a number of vivid Fayum mummy portraits in 1911
The Pyramid of the 12th Dynasty Pharaoh Amenemhat III at Hawara, from the east
Labyrinth, fire altar. Part of a limestone frieze, model of lamps on a stand. 12th Dynasty. From Hawara, Fayum, Egypt. Petrie Museum, London.