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| Kharga Location |
Kharga Oasis is a miniature jewel in the libyan desert, called Uakt-rest, the Outer or Southern Oasis, Kharga was as well part of the Oases Route. placed some 77 miles southwest of
Assiut, Kharga controls temples and towns, accepting Hibis. A temple to
Amun was showed there in the reign of Darius I (521-486 B.C.E.) and refurbished in later periods. This temple had an close sacred lake and an boulevard of sphinxes. Other temples were developed in honor of
Isis,
Mut,
Khons (2), and
Serapis. Kharga, the largest of the oases, was a essential trade outpost. With the other havens it served as an agricultural resource, a haven for runaways, and in some historical periods, a place of exile for mortals banned by the pharaoh.
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