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Tables of Contents for Bahriyah and Farafra
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PART I BAHRIYAH OASIS
Introduction
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Travelling in the Desert
A Journey by Camel
A Camel Love Story
Bahriyah: The Northern Oasis
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15
In Bahriyah Oasis
``Mihanna,'' the Town-crier
Some Facts about Bahriyah
The Routes Connecting Bahriyah with Other Places
Bahriyah Oasis and Its Inhabitants
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28
The Ownership of Land
A New Dawn
Fields and Gardens
The Springs of Bahriyah
Hills and Sand Dunes
The Origin of the People of Bahriyah
The Women's Dress and Ornaments
Beauty Standards
Amusements
Singing and Songs
The Birth of a Child
Marriage
Death
Superstitions
History of Bahriyah Oasis
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21
The Earliest Times
Middle Kingdom
Hyksos Period
The 18th Dynasty
The 19th and 20th Dynasties
Bahriyah Oasis between the 21st and the 25th Dynasties
The 26th Dynasty
Alexander the Great and the Ptolemaic Period
Bahriyah in the Roman Period
Bahriyah in Christian Times
Middle Ages
The Travellers of the 19th Century
The Antiquities of Bahriyah Oasis
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The Capital of Bahriyah in Pharaonic Times
Al-Qasr
Tomb of Amenhotep, Governor of Bahriyah
The Triumphal Arch at al-Qasr
The Ibis Burial at Qarat al-Farargi
Description
Sites to the West of al-Qasr
The Temple of Alexander the Great
Sites between al-Bawiti and Mandishah
Sites East of Mandishah and al-Zabw
The Libyan Inscriptions at Qasr al-Zabw
Ancient Sites at al-Harrah
The Tombs of Al-Bawiti
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The Inscribed Tombs of al-Bawiti
The Temple of al-Bawiti
The Tombs at Qarat Qasr Salim
The Tomb of Zed-Amun-ef-`ankh
Tomb of Bannentiu
PART II FARAFRA OASIS
The ``Land of the Cow''
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10
Farafra in Ancient Times
The Depression of Farafra
Routes Connecting Farafra with Other Places
The Antiquities of Farafra
`Ayn al-Dallah
Farafra Oasis in Modern Times
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14
Farafra in the 19th Century
The Fortress of Farafra
Population of Farafra
Index
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