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Multi-periodSite Name: Siwa Mountain Of The Dead Alternative Name: Gebel el MawtaCountry: Egypt Region: Lower Egypt (North) Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Nearest Town: Siwa oasis Nearest Village: Siwa Oasis
Latitude: 29.211620N Longitude: 25.324520E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Rock Cut Tomb in Lower Egypt (North)
The so-called Mountain of the Dead is one of the 2 hills in the Siwa Oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt though it rises to only about 10 Meters above sea level as the Siwa Oasis is actually 31 Meters under Sea Level. It was used for a series rock cut tombs of which there are 29 major ones and probably hundres of smaller ones. Only 3 tombs dating to the 26th Dynasty have surviving reliefts and paintings.
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