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Karanis Old British Army HQ 6427EG07JHP Karanis Kom Aushim British Army HQ Desert Base Egypt Derelict was an ancient city on the north eastern edge of the area known as Fayoum and dates from Ptolemaic times through to 500AD. Two Roman dated temples survive in reasonable state and the southern one is dedicated to the crocodile Gods of Pnepheros and Petesuchos. Many finds have been made especially of life in a residential area with houses scattered throughout the site and there is also a fine Roman bathhouse. A small museum now closed has been replaced with an open air area with a selection of artefacts adjacent to the main walk to the temples and illustrated in this photo is th remains of an old WW2 British army HQ. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Egyptology, ancient, landscape, Karanis, Kom Aushim, British, military, army, HQ, base, camp, el-Fayoum, Faiyum, Fayyum, Lake Qarun, Moeris, sand, desert
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Fayoum & Desert
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Karanis Old British Army HQ 6427EG07JHP
Upload Date: 2007-10-24 07:48:56
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Karanis Kom Aushim British Army HQ Desert Base Egypt Derelict

was an ancient city on the north eastern edge of the area known as Fayoum and dates from Ptolemaic times through to 500AD. Two Roman dated temples survive in reasonable state and the southern one is dedicated to the crocodile Gods of Pnepheros and Petesuchos. Many finds have been made especially of life in a residential area with houses scattered throughout the site and there is also a fine Roman bathhouse. A small museum now closed has been replaced with an open air area with a selection of artefacts adjacent to the main walk to the temples and illustrated in this photo is th remains of an old WW2 British army HQ.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Egyptology, ancient, landscape, Karanis, Kom Aushim, British, military, army, HQ, base, camp, el-Fayoum, Faiyum, Fayyum, Lake Qarun, Moeris, sand, desert