This article is about most of the places to be visited in Siwa oasis, the photos are almost in same order:
1- Shali: Shali in the siwan language means "town", sometimes also it is called the citadel. It was buit in 1203 to protect the siwans from attacks. It is built from "karsheif" which is mainly from the local salty soil in Siwa. It was partially destroyed in 3 days heavy rain in 1926 (see my article about siwa containing 3 photos for Shali 1923 and 2007 to compare). Shali used to have one main gate that closes
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Shali
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Shali from the south from the the roof of Cleopatra hotel.
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Shali from the southwest.
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Shali, the big mosque & the main square Shali is to the left. The minerate of the big mosque appears to the right, it...
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Shali a closer look.
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Graduation day Those are the group of people who got the training about several subjects...
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Shali in the background
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Shali and the nearby hill Shali to the right, the hill to the left.
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The nearby hill to Shali A closer look, the siwan houses down the hill appears better.
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The nearby hill to Shali View from Gebel El-Dakroury
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Shali by night The drawing (the nearest item in the photo) is for Shali 1900, located in the...
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Shali by night view from Cleopatra hotel roof.
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Ruins at the mountain of dead Didn't take more photos at the mountain of the dead.
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Aghourmy/The Oracle View from Gebel el-Dakroury.
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The old restored mosque at Aghourmy The other side is the oracle.
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The oracle and the broken rock It was going to collapse, thanks for restoration work.
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The oracle from behind The complete Aghourmy rock.
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The oracle
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The oracle
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The sign directs to the oracle temple Those couple of young siwan girls was asking me to take photos, but as...
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The oracle I were totally alone there, special feeling.
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The oracle The ruins of houses around the oracle temple was built over centuries when...
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The minerate of the mosque at Aghourmy facing the oracle temple.
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The oracle temple
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Inside the oracle temple Broken rock in the oracle temple's wall.
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