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- as Fayum, Faiyum or al-Faiyūm. Faiyum was also previously officially named Madīnat al-Faiyūm (Arabic for The City of Faiyum). The name Faiyum (and its...
- The Faiyum Oasis (Arabic: واحة الفيوم Waḥet El Fayyum) is a depression or basin in the desert immediately west of the Nile river, 62 miles south of Cairo...
- 29°21′48″N 30°44′45″E / 29.36333°N 30.74583°E / 29.36333; 30.74583 Faiyum Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الفيوم Muḥāfāzah Al Fayyūm) is one of the governorates...
- entire Faiyum region – the "Land of the Lake" in Egyptian (specifically referring to Lake Moeris) – served as a cult center of Sobek. Most Faiyum towns...
- Egypt, but are most common in the Faiyum Basin, particularly from Hawara and the Hadrianic Roman city Antinoopolis. "Faiyum portraits" is generally used as...
- Faiyum or Fayoum or Fayyum may refer to: Faiyum, a city in the Faiyum Oasis in Middle Egypt. Faiyum Oasis, in the Faiyum region in Egypt. Faiyum Governorate...
- The Book of the Faiyum is an ancient Egyptian "local monograph" celebrating the Faiyum region of Egypt and its patron deity, the crocodile god Sobek. It...
- The Fayum alphabet is an Ancient Gr**** abecedary inscribed on four copper plates, purportedly found in Fayum, Egypt but made in Cyprus. It may preserve...
- Faiyum Sporting Club (Arabic: نادي الفيوم للألعاب الرياضية) is an Egyptian football club based in Faiyum, Egypt. The club plays in the Egyptian Second...
- clarify these issues. Weaving is evidenced for the first time during the Faiyum A Period. People of this period, unlike later Egyptians, buried their dead...