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Pictures in this gallery cover the Fayoum area, Lake Qarun, Karanis, Qasr al-Saghah and Soknopaiou Nesos
Lake Qarum al-Fayyum eg947034jhp 
 Egypt el-Fayoum Lake Qarun Moeris peaceful quiet lakeshore restaurant was a peaceful coffee stop during hectic visit to The Fayyum [Crocodilopolis Nome] province of Egypt south of Cairo which included visits to Meydum and Hawara pyramids, the waterwheels of Madinat al-Fayyum Town, Lake Qarun and then returning to Cairo via Karanis. Many years later I returned to the Lake and stayed at the historic Auberge Helnan Hotel on its shores before a journey across the desert to Soknopaiou Nesos [Dimyah-al-Siba] and Qasr al-Saghah Temple. The Lake has a long history from Neolithic times but major development started under Amenemhat 1 in the 12th Dynasty with water management and drainage schemes. Very productive area for various crops, wildfowl and fish with increase development during the Ptolemaic and Roman times as it is still to modern days. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Egyptology, el-Fayoum, Madinat, al-Fayyum, al-Faiyum, Medinet, Fayum, Lake, Qarun, Moeris, lakeshore, restaurant, peaceful, quiet, waterfront, chairs, tables, archaeology, ancient, history, landscape, desert, Neolithic, isolated, 12th Dynasty, development, drainage, marshes, fertile, crops, fishing, wildfowl, Ptolemaic, Roman, grain, water, wheels, October, 1994, 35mm, slide, film, Fuji, RDP11, Nikon, FM, scanned