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KHARGA OASIS :
Qasr el-Zayan
Several guide books rate the Qasr el-Zayan fortress as in a very ruinous
state. This is not entirely true, walls stand high, the centre of the
temple is almost intact, and the setting is great. The main drawback is
the original small size; you can cover it all in 5 minutes.
The temple itself, even if the
promenade leading up to this structure was part of a whole
structure.
A niche in the temple,
probably used for a divine statue.
The temple
was built dedicated to the go Amenebis, the local town god. It was built
during the Ptolemaic period and restored under the Roman emperor
Antoniunus. The local town here was known as Tchnonemyris which
flourished for several centuries. The modest village here now tells
nothing about the rich past.
This place is the lowest in the Kharga Oasis, 18 metres below sea level.
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