Gebel Al Mawta
Gebel Al Mawta, EGplace
About
This small hill, at the northern end of Siwa Town, is honeycombed with rock tombs peppered with wall paintings. Its name, Gebel Al Mawta, means 'Mountain of the Dead' and most of the tombs here date back to the 26th dynasty, Ptolemaic and Roman times. Only 1km from the centre of town, the tombs were used by the Siwans as shelters when the Italians bombed the oasis during WWII.
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Station: 289n253e · 23.6 km away · 68m
Gebel Al Mawta
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