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	Kharga. Oasis of temples and castles
		Kharga is clearly different from the image most people have of an oasis out in the desert.
		Kharga means in Arabic "point of departure", in opposition to Dakhla, "point of entrance", which lies further to the west.
		The population of Kharga are Berbers with roots back to the time when the oasis was a station on the famous 40 Days Road between Sudan and Egypt — famous because of the merchandise; slaves.
	lexicorient.com /egypt/kharga.htm (181 words)

	Kharga Oasis
		The town Kharga is the capital of al-Wadi al-Jadid, the "New Valley" governorate.
		Kharga's economy is mainly based on agriculture and services and local administration.
		Kharga is about 180 km from the town of Nag Hammadi at the Nile, but there is also a new and direct road to Luxor, but this is closed from most forms of transport.
	i-cias.com /e.o/kharga_o.htm (345 words)

	Kharga - LoveToKnow 1911
		It is reached by a narrow-gauge line (opened in 1908) from Kharga junction, a station on the Nile valley line near Farshut.
		Kharga is usually identified with the city of Oasis mentioned by Herodotus as being seven days' journey from Thebes and called in Greek the Island of the Blessed.
		During the Roman period, as it had also been in Pharaonic times, Kharga was used as a place of banishment, the most notable exile being Nestorius, sent thither after his condemnation by the council of Ephesus.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Kharga (877 words)

	Kharga Oasis information about roads
		Today the drive from Asyut to Kharga takes about four hours, but when the road was unpaved and the mode of travel ewas the camel, the journey took thirty-eight hours-and another four to descend the escarpment.
		Kharga is the seat of the New Valley Governorate and the most populous oasis of the Western Desert.
		For it is in Kharga that we encounter the desert as we had always imagined it to be.
	www.safariegypt.com /egypt_safari/egypt_western_desert/Kharga_oasis.htm (829 words)

	Application of GIS to describe historical urban development of Kharga city, Egypt
		Kharga oasis in the Pharaonic era was called "plough ", Dakhla oasis was termed "southern oasis", while Farafra oasis was named "cow", which clearly speaks of welfare, as such areas were fully cultivated.
		Kharga and Dakhla oases, in the Pharaonic era, were one region affiliated to "Thani" region near Suhag considering it the vital defense front-line of Egypt to stand against any offensive either from the west or the south.
		Since 1900 to 1920 the Kharga oasis was divided into two parts, (see 1) the first part is agricultural land beside the monuments at the northward of the city, the second part is residential land with agricultural land in the southward of the city.
	www.gisdevelopment.net /application/urban/overview/urbano0033pf.htm (2253 words)

	publications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		An introductory paragraph on the methodology that has been adopted to survey such a complex site is followed by a description of the archaeological remains, which includes three main settlements, called Northern, Eastern, and 'Fortified', a Coptic church, a temple decorated in Egyptian style, ten cemeteries, seven underground aqueducts and large patches of ancient cultivations.
		During the 2003-04 season of the North Kharga Oasis Survey (NKOS), a hitherto unnoticed serekh of an Early Dynastic pharaoh was discovered on a rock along the Darb Ain Amur, the ancient caravan route that connected Kharga to Dakhla Oasis.
		Drawing on ancient and modern parallels, the tentative theory is proposed that the majority of the qanats were constructed (and possibly administered) under Roman control and that their utilisation closely parallels modern examples.
	www.aucegypt.edu /academic/northkhargaoasissurvey/publications.html (1185 words)

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		The aim of NKOS is to investigate the evident archaeological remains in the northern area of the Kharga Oasis, that lies some 175 Km west of Luxor in Egypt's Western Desert.
		The most unexpected and startling of the remains in Kharga are the forts of the Roman period, mentioned in passing by early travellers and geologists, and never properly investigated.
		Kharga was clearly identified as an important way of penetration into the Roman territory, and a series of military installations were built at the junction between the north-south Darb el-Arbain and the east-west routes leading to Dakhla and to the Valley.
	www.northkhargaoasissurvey.com (738 words)

	"Application of GIS to describe historical urban development of Kharga City, Egypt"
		Kharga’s long history and ancient civilisation is described in several monuments going back to many ages starting from B.C. until the Islamic age.
		In the Pharaonic era Kharga oasis was called a “plough “,the Dakhla oasis was termed as “southern oasis”, while Farafra oasis was named a “cow”, which clearly speaks of welfare-as such areas were fully cultivated.
		Kharga and Dakhla oases, in the Pharaonic era, were one region affiliated to “Thani” region near Suhag serving the as vital defense front-line of Egypt to stand against any offensive either from the west or the south.
	www.gisdevelopment.net /application/archaeology/general/archg0032.htm (679 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Travel \| How remote can you be? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Although Kharga oasis, once a major stop on the Darb Al- Arba'in -- the old "40-Days" slave and trading caravan route running between Sudan and the lower Nile valley -- is rich in sites worthy of a tourist visit, travel agents and guides are finding that few are interested.
		Unfortunately, Kharga oasis is not well promoted as a tourist destination, even though it has been upgraded with new four-star hotels, youth hostels and many other facilities.
		Kharga could then be advertised at international tourism and other conferences where it should be made known how easy it is to get there by plane from Cairo or Luxor.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2002/569/tr1.htm (1379 words)

	Kharga Oasis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The town Kharga is the capital of al-Wadi al-Jadid, the "New Valley" governorate.
		Often the Paris Oasis is counted as a part of Kharga Oasis, but there is no continuation between the two, for a long stretch there is only desert with the occasional oasis, often mad.
		Kharga is about 180 km from the town of Nag Hammadi at the Nile, but there is also a new and direct road to Luxor, but this is closed from most forms of transport.
	www.lexicorient.com /e.o/kharga_o.htm (345 words)

	In Kharga with Sameh ! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Kharga is the capital city of the New Valley.
		There is also a highway from Kharga to Luxor and a regular airline between Cairo International Airport and the New Valley Airport in Kharga.
		In the Pharaonic times, Kharga oasis was called « Plough » or « Hebt », then it changed to « Hebis » and then to « Kharga ».
	www.geocities.com /ssssssssss000000ssssssssss/2.html (72 words)

	Egypt State Information Service-Fall 1997
		Kharga used to be connected to the Nile Valley through several caravan roads coming from Abidos, Luxor and Essna.
		Kharga and Dakhla were also connected with two roads, one is El-Ghobary which is currently used as motorcar road, the other is Ein Amor going through the hill area north to the oasis.
		Also in Kharga, there are some remnants of forts and military posts, as well as castles, like Langa, Mouneira and Dosh.
	www.sis.gov.eg /En/Pub/magazin/fall1997/110205000000000001.htm (2559 words)

	Kharga Oasis, Egypt. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com
		Submerged by the sea aeons ago, leaving fossils on the high plateau, the Kharga depression is hemmed in by great cliffs and broken up by massifs, with belts of dunes advancing across the oasis.
		It's thought that there were no dunes in Kharga during Roman times; myth has it that they erected a brass cow on the escarpment, which swallowed up the sand.
		Kharga is also seen by some as a portent that the New Valley spells ruin for the oases.
	www.hostelbookers.com /guides/egypt/kharga_oasis (385 words)

	The Egyptian Oasis And Topurs In Oases
		Situated about a kilometer to the north of Kharga, this temple dates back to the XXVI the dynasty and was used until the end of the Roman period.
		Three kilometers to the north of Kharga, It dates back to the third century and was in constant use until the eleventh century, it derives its importance in the artistic field as a textbook of Egyptian Christian architectural styles.
		This is situated to the south of Kharga, 23 kilometers from the village of Barbs.
	www.egyptianrosetravel.com /html/Oasis.htm (471 words)

	Misr Travel
		During the reign of Pepi II, the Governors of the oasis built a large palace and obtained the permission to erect small sanctuaries for themselves.
		Kharga used to be connected to the Nile Valley through several caravan roads coming from Abidos, Luxor and Darb Dosh.
		Kharga and Dakhla were also connected with two roads, one is El-Ghobary which is currently used as motorcar road, the other is Ein Amor going through the hill area north to the oases.
	www.misrtravel.net /Destinations/Oasis/touristinfo.asp (891 words)

	WHTL-1808.doc
		Kharga Oasis occupies a depression in the southern part of the Western Desert of Egypt, extending for some 180 x 15-30 km in a north-south direction, at about 200 km west of the Nile.
		The natural vegetation, as well as the naturalized species and the cultivated plants in Kharga and Dakhla Oases, seem to be more or less uniform, and to deal with each of them separately would involve an overlap which may approach a mere repetition.
		Its occurrence in Kharga represents the westernmost locality in its geographical range of distribution, which extends eastwards to Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India, and southwards into Sudan.
	whc.unesco.org /pg_friendly_print.cfm?cid=326&id=1808&&action=doc& (2856 words)

	Egypt: Christian Ruins of the Kharga Oasis in Egypt's Western Desert
		While Egypt's Eastern Desert is very famous for its several well known Monasteries, including that of Saint Anthony and Saint Paul, Egypt's Western Oasis served both as a remote haven for early Christians and Kharga specifically, as a place where Christian church leaders were sometimes banished when their views were considered to be unacceptable.
		Christianity was probably introduced to the Kharga Oasis in the latter half of the 3rd Century or the beginning of the 4th century.
		Probably the most significant Christian remains in any of the Western Oasis are those of the Necropolis of al-Bagawat in the Kharga Oasis, yet these ruins actually predate Christianity and consist of both pagan and Christian temples, chapels and burials.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/khargachristians.htm (2001 words)

	In Egypt, Archaeologists Fly Kites to Detect Ancient Sites
		In the Kharga Oasis, 175 miles (280 kilometers) west of Luxor in Egypt's Western Desert, surveyors are flying kites.
		Kharga thrived during periods of strong government: 1400 B.C. to 800 B.C., during the Pharaonic Period, and 600 B.C. to 500 A.D. when a succession of conquerors—Persians, Greeks and Romans—ruled Egypt.
		"The Kharga Oasis was a crossroads for trade routes between the Nile Valley and Libya," says Terry Wilfong, associate curator for Greek and Roman Egypt at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2003/09/0924_030924_tvkharga.html (804 words)

	Travel agency in Luxor, Egipto, oasis, Siwa, Fayoum, Baharia, Farafra, Dakhla, Kharga, El Cairo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Dakhla oasis is located at the northeast of Kharga and at 310 Km at the southeast of Farafra.
		This oasis is at 200 Km from Kharga communicated by a road.
		At the time that the lake was drying, the inhabitants of the oasis were emigrating to the Nile valleys.
	www.beautyegypt.com /en/oasis_dakhla.htm (234 words)

	Tour Egypt presents the Kharga Oasis in Egypt
		Kharga used to be the last but one stop on The Forty Days Road, the infamous slave-trade route between North Africa and the tropical south.
		The thermal springs at Bulaq and Nasser villages to the south, are famous for water temperatures of up to 43 C and reputed to be suitable for the treatment of rheumatism and allergies.
		Houses designed in traditional Nubian style by Hassan Fathy remain uninhabited- local people refused to live in them because of their similarity to tombs and building stopped in the late 1960s.
	www.touregypt.net /Kharga.htm (411 words)

	Amazon.com: Kharga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The necropolis of el-BagawaÌt in Kharga Oasis (The Egyptian deserts) by Ahmed Fakhry (Unknown Binding - 1951)
		Kharga Oasis by Gertrude Caton-Thompson (Unknown Binding - 1931)
		The Egyptian deserts;: The necropolis of Bagawat in Kharga Oasis by Ahmed Fakhry (Unknown Binding - 1951)
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Kharga&tag=lexico&index=blended&link_code=qs&page=1 (368 words)

	Egypt: Christian Ruins of the Kharga Oasis in Egypt's Western Desert
		Christianity was probably introduced to the Kharga Oasis in the latter half of the 3rd Century or the beginning of the 4th century.
		There were a number of important, early Christian leaders who were banished to the Kharga Oasis, especially during the 4th and 5th centuries, for a period of years.
		Probably the most significant Christian remains in any of the Western Oasis are those of the Necropolis of al-Bagawat in the Kharga Oasis, yet these ruins actually predate Christianity and consist of both pagan and Christian temples, chapels and burials.
	touregypt.net /featurestories/khargachristians.htm (2001 words)

	Demotic Graffiti from the Wadi Hammamat
		In studying the spatial relationships amongst the different temples in Kharga Oasis, it becomes clear that there was a clear pattern in the placement of those structures that does not seem to have anything to do with religious motives.
		In more recent years the Kharga Inspectorate has conducted a series of excavations inside the walls of the temple and outside.
		south of Kharga City and dominates the desert road from the south by sitting on a volcanic outcropping.
	jan.ucc.nau.edu /~gdc/ghu/ghuieta.htm (1376 words)

	The Persian Presence at Qasr el-Ghieta, Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		In studying the spatial relationships amongst the different temples in Kharga Oasis, it becomes clear that there was a clear pattern in the placement of those structures that does not seem to have anything to do with religious motives.
		In more recent years the Kharga Inspectorate has conducted a series of excavations inside the walls of the temple and outside.
		south of Kharga City and dominates the desert road from the south by sitting on a volcanic outcropping.
	www.cais-soas.com /CAIS/History/hakhamaneshian/persians_at_qasr_el_Ghieta.htm (1379 words)

	AllRefer.com - Kharga, Egypt (Egyptian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Kharga, Egypt (Egyptian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Al Kharga, the chief settlement, is a rail terminus.
		The oasis was prosperous in ancient times, and there are ruins of temples built by the Achaemenids of ancient Persia and by the Romans.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/K/Kharga.html (170 words)

	Ägypten > Oasen > Kharga - Reiseführer
		Kharga war der Vorletzte Halt auf der Straße der 40 Tage, der berüchtigte Sklavenhandelsroute zwischen Nordafrika und dem tropischen Süden.
		Heute ist sie die größte der Oasen des neuen Tals und die Moderne Stadt beherbergt 60 000 Menschen.
		Ägypten > Oasen > Kharga > Informationen > Reiseführer
	www.reisetipps-portugal.de /Aegypten,Oasen,Kharga (178 words)

	Kharga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The thermal springs at Bulaq and Nasser villages to the south, are famous for water temperatures of up to 43 C and reputed to be suitable for the treatment of rheumtism and allergies.
		Further south is Baris Oasis, the second largest settlement in Kharga.
		Houses designed in traditional Nubian style by Hassan Fathy remain uninhabited- local people refused to live in them because of their similarity to tombs and building stopped in the late 1960s.
	library.thinkquest.org /27265/ppf/kharga.htm (319 words)

	sachara Temple of Amun Ra Travel Page - VirtualTourist.com
		The Kharga Oasis is one of the five oases in the Western or Libyan Desert.
		Kharga, a large oasis of 200 KM long and 30 KM wide, is the most developed oasis.
		In the Kharga Oasis are some interesting ancient sites as the temple of Hibis, dedicated to the god Amun (600 BC) and the Necropolis of al-Bagawat (400 AD).
	members.virtualtourist.com /m/5b526/1ea62b (420 words)

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