Lake Moeris
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Lake Moeris was an ancient endorheic freshwater lake located in the Faiyum Oasis, 80 km southwest of Cairo, Egypt, which persists today at a fraction of its former size as the hypersaline Lake Qarun.
Ruins of one of the Pedestals of Biahmu
Little egrets and many other Eurasian water birds migrate to Lake Qarun for the winter.
Lake Qarun as seen from the Lake Qarun Protected Area
Faiyum
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Faiyum is a city located geographically in Lower Egypt but culturally and politically in Upper Egypt 100 kilometres, southwest of Cairo. In the Faiyum Oasis, it is the capital of the modern Faiyum Gov
Lake Moeris
…pharaoh responsible for its construction Amenemhat III was referred to by the Greeks as "King Moeris". In Late Egyptian, the lake was referred to as the Piôm, a name derived from the Egyptian phrase pꜣ-ym (lit. "the Sea"); Piôm would later be transliterated into Coptic as Ⲫⲓⲟⲙ/Ⲡⲉⲓⲟⲙ (epʰiom/peiom), from which…
Madinat Fayyum Water Wheel
Valley whales in Fayoum
Qasr Qarun Facade
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