Image Karanis nr Southern Temple 6438EG07JHP by Jim Henderson

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Karanis nr Southern Temple 6438EG07JHP 
 Karanis Kom Aushim City Fayoum Egypt Ptolemaic Roman Mudbrick Erosion in the north eastern edge of the oasis 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 been replaced with an open air area with a selection of artefacts adjacent to the main walk to the temples as this photos shows as we approach the Southern Temple to the right 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Egyptology, upright, Karanis, Kom Aushim, el-Fayoum, Faiyum, Fayyum, Nero, Claudius, Vespasiun, Roman Emperors, walk, approach, mudbrick, wall, South temple, outer, construction, foundations, gods, crocodile, dedicated, local, Pnepheros, Petesouchus, desert, sand
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Fayoum & Desert
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Karanis nr Southern Temple 6438EG07JHP
Upload Date: 2007-10-24 07:56:29
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Karanis Kom Aushim City Fayoum Egypt Ptolemaic Roman Mudbrick Erosion

in the north eastern edge of the oasis 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 been replaced with an open air area with a selection of artefacts adjacent to the main walk to the temples as this photos shows as we approach the Southern Temple to the right
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Egyptology, upright, Karanis, Kom Aushim, el-Fayoum, Faiyum, Fayyum, Nero, Claudius, Vespasiun, Roman Emperors, walk, approach, mudbrick, wall, South temple, outer, construction, foundations, gods, crocodile, dedicated, local, Pnepheros, Petesouchus, desert, sand