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El Faiyum

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

El Faiyum , or Al Fayyum , region, coextensive with El Faiyum governorate, N Egypt, W of the Nile River, a depression (entirely below sea level) in the Libyan (or Western) Desert. It is an irrigated agricultural area made fertile by Nile water and silt, which are carried there by the canalized Bahr Yusuf River. The irrigation system in El Faiyum makes use of canals originally dug under King Amenemhet III (d.1801 BC). Cereals, fruit, and cotton are produced. Lake Karun (known in ancient times as Lake Moeris ), located in the western part of the region, is used for fishing. El Faiyum is rich... Read more

Faiyum
Faiyum (or Faiyumic or Fayyumic) portraits. Romano-Egyptian funerary portraits of a type that have been found in various parts of Egypt but particularly in the Faiyum (El Faiyûm) area, about 80 km (50 miles) south of Cairo. They date... Read more

Moeris
, ancient name of Lake Karun (Arab. Birket Qarun ), c.90 sq mi (230 sq km), NE Egypt, in El Faiyum. The size of the lake is much reduced from that described by ancient travelers, such as Herodotus. Crocodilopolis (later Arsinoë... Read more

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