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Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham

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Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham en Egipto
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Zawyet Umm El Rakham (Egyptian Arabic: زاوية أم الرخم lit. "the resthouse of the mother of vultures") is an archaeological site located on the North coast of Egypt 20 km to the west of Marsa Matruh, and about 300 km to the west of Alexandria

During the reign of Ramesses II, it was the location of a major fortress-town which probably marked the western extent of direct Egyptian influence.

It was discovered in 1948 and in the subsequent years was sporadically examined by Alan Rowe and Labib Habachi. Since 1994 extensive excavations have been undertaken at the site by a team from the University of Liverpool under the direction of Steven Snape.

Texto adaptado de «Zawyet Umm El Rakham» en la Wikipedia en inglés, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham ranks #2747 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #16 of the 26 mapped in Egipto. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

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