Egypt > Fayoum & Desert > Karanis City Ruins 6439EG07JHP
Pictures in this gallery cover the Fayoum area, Lake Qarun, Karanis, Qasr al-Saghah and Soknopaiou Nesos
© Jim Henderson
Photographer: | Jim Henderson | |||
Collection: | Fayoum & Desert | |||
Filename: | Karanis City Ruins 6439EG07JHP |
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Upload Date: | 2007-10-24 07:57:08 | |||
Photo Size: | 8.8mb 5320x3560 pixels | |||
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Caption: | Karanis Kom Aushim Desert Ancient Egyptian Mudbrick Building Ruin Photoat this ruined city on the north eastern edge of the area known as Fayoum and dates from Ptolemaic times through to 500AD. Two Roman dated temples survive in reasonable state and the southern one is dedicated to the crocodile Gods of Pnepheros and Petesuchos. Many finds have been made especially of life in a residential area with houses scattered throughout the site and there is also a fine Roman bathhouse. A small museum now closed has ben replaced with an open air area with a selection of artefacts adjacent to the main walk to the temples and this photo shows as we approach the Southern Temple some of the ruined houses |
Keywords: | Egypt, Egyptian, Egyptology, ancient, landscape, Karanis, Kom Aushim, mudbrick, ruin, house, building, derelict, fallen, el-Fayoum, Faiyum, Fayyum, Lake Qarun, Moeris, sand, desert |