Basic info name Faiyum other name native name for cities whose native name is not in English ... subdivision name1 Faiyum Governorate Faiyum subdivision type2 subdivision name2 subdivision type3 subdivision ...... postal code area code blank name blank info blank1 name blank1 info website footnotes Faiyum lang ... 130 km 81 mi southwest of Cairo , it is the capital of the modern Faiyum Governorate . The town ... city in Egypt and one of the oldest cities in Africa . Name and etymology Hiero pA y m Faiyum ... , Fayoum , Al Fayyum or El Faiy m . Faiyum was previously officially named Mad net el Faiy m Arabic language Arabic for The City of Faiyum . The name Faiyum and its spelling variations may also refer to the Faiyum Oasis , although it is commonly used by Egyptians today to refer to the city. ref ... key action.display.element&story id &module id &language id 1&element id 30630 Faiyum. Eternal Egypt ... Main Crocodilopolis Modern city Faiyum has several large bazaars, mosque s, ref http www.touregypt.net ... as its national symbol, their chariots and bazaars are easy to spot. Faiyum mummy portraits File Fayum ... Faiyum mummy portraits Faiyum is the source of some famous death mask s or mummy portraits painted during ... mummy portraits Faiyum mummy portraits represent this technique. ref http www.encaustic.ca html ..., the Faiyum portraits instead reflect the complex synthesis of the predominant Egyptian culture and that of the elite ... singer was born in Faiyum, where her family lived at that time. Saadia Gaon , the influential Jewish teacher of the early 10th century, was originally from Faiyum, and often called al Fayyumi. See also Crocodilopolis Faiyum mummy portraits Faiyum Governorate Fayum alphabet Nash Papyrus Lake Moeris Bahr Yussef Roman Egypt Phiomia an extinct relative of the elephant, named after Faiyum Wadi ... oasis areas Governorates capital of Egypt Category Faiyum Category Faiyum Governorate Category Governorate ... id Al Fayyum it Faiyum he ka lt Fajumas nl El Fajoem ja pl Fajum miasto ... more details
Faiyum may refer to Faiyum , a city in the Faiym Oasis in Middle Egypt. Faiyum Governorate , one of the governorates of Egypt Faiyum Oasis , in the Faiyum region in Egypt disambig fr Fayoum hy sco Faiyum disambiguation ... more details
Infobox Egyptian Governorate name Faiyum Governorate settlement type Governorate of Egypt image flag Governadorat de Faium.png flag size 120px image blank emblem blank emblem size image map Egypt Faiyum locator map.svg map caption Faiyum Governorate on the map of Egypt coordinates region EG coordinates display inline,title subdivision type Country subdivision name Egypt area 1,827 area footnotes area land km2 area water km2 population footnotes population total 2,512,792 population as of 2006 population density km2 auto time zone true utc offset true time zone DST true utc offset DST true blank name sec1 blank info sec1 blank1 name sec1 blank1 info sec1 blank name sec2 blank info sec2 capital Faiyum capital website iso code calling code footnotes Faiyum Governorate lang ar transl ar Mu fa at al Fayy m is one of the governorates of Egypt governorates of Egypt in the middle of the country. Its capital is the city of Faiyum , located about 81 mi 130 km south west of Cairo ... Hiero pA y m Faiyum hiero pA A i i G20 n n n N36 hiero align right era default The name Faiyum comes ... meaning, a reference to the nearby Lake Moeris . Geography The governorate of Faiyum includes The large fertile Faiyum Oasis , which comprises farmland, Lake Moeris , and some cities. South of the Faiyum .... Cities Faiyum Senuris See also Bahr Yussef Egyptian Fayoumi Chicken. Faiyum mummy portraits Faiyum Oasis Lake Moeris Wadi Elrayan References Reflist External links http www.fayoum.gov.eg Fayoum ... region EG scale 1000000 display title Category Faiyum Governorate Category Governorates of Egypt ar ... de Al Fayyum es Fay n gobernaci n eo Provinco Fajum eu Faiyum fa fr Gouvernorat du Fayoum ko it Governatorato di Faiyum he ka sw Mkoa wa Faiyum la Al ... pt Faium prov ncia ro Guvernoratul Al Fayyum ru sco Faiyum Govrenorate sv Faijum guvernement tr Feyyum il war Faiyum lalawigan zh ... more details
File Egypt region map cities 2.gif thumb right 200px Site of Faiyum Oasis on the map of Egypt File Fayyum txu oclc 6949452 nh36 9.jpg thumb right 200px map sheet showing Faiyum Oasis The Faiyum Oasis or Al ... rich agricultural land in the Faiyum basin, draining into the large saltwater Lake Moeris Birket ... obtained from springs, the cultivated land in the Faiyum is formed of Nile mud brought down by the Bahr ... end at the city of Faiyum , several canals branch off to irrigate the Faiyum Governorate. The drainage water flows into Lake Moeris . Over 400 mile 1,000 km of the Faiyum Oasis is cultivated, the chief ... in the province. Faiyum also possesses an excellent breed of sheep . Citation needed date October ... Miocene , Faiyum was a dry hollow, and the Nile flowed past it at the bottom of a canyon which ... valley bed silted up high enough to let the Nile in flood overflow into the Faiyum hollow and make ... ian pharaoh s of the Twelfth dynasty of Egypt twelfth dynasty using the natural lake of Faiyum as a reservoir ... branch of the Nile dwindling in size from 230 BC . File Faiyum Oasis by Zorbey Tun er.jpg thumb left 275px center A scenic view of Faiyum Oasis in 2008 center Faiyum was known to the ancient ... the rule of the Ptolemaic dynasty . Faiyum became one of the breadbaskets of the Roman Empire Roman world . For the first three centuries AD, the people of Faiyum and elsewhere in Roman Egypt not only ... preference for cremation . Preserved by the dry desert environment, these Faiyum mummy portraits Faiyum portraits make up the richest body of portraiture to have survived from antiquity. They provide ..., Syrians, Libyans and others that flourished 2,000 years ago in Faiyum. The Faiyum mummy portraits Faiyum ... features. For late period Ancient Egyptian names of the Faiyum oasis and places within it, see http ... in Egypt and places outside Egypt show that much land was brought into cultivation in the Faiyum ..., many ruins of ancient villages and cities. Mounds north of the city of Faiyum mark the site of Crocodilopolis ... more details
File Fayyum txu oclc 6949452 nh36 9.jpg thumb right 275px map sheet showing Faiyum Oasis site. File Faiyum Oasis by Zorbey Tun er.jpg thumb 275px center A scenic view of Faiyum Oasis archaeology region center Karanis Site Museum is an archaeology museum in Fayoum , Faiyum Governorate , in middle Egypt . The Museum displays Ancient Egypt ian relics from Crocodilopolis and the Faiyum Oasis archaeology region. See also Fayum mummy portraits coord missing Egypt Category Archaeology museums in Egypt Category Egyptological collections in Egypt Category Faiyum Governorate Egypt museum stub ... more details
Wadi El Rayan Is a unique natural Egyptian Protectorate in Faiyum Governorate , under the supervision of The Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency EEAA . Deleted image removed Image Raiyan Waterfalls 1.jpg thumb 300px Wadi El Rayan Waterfalls Geography The valley of Wadi El Rayan stretches on an area of 1759 km2. About 65 km southwest of Faiyum city and 80 km west of the Nile River. The reserve is composed of A 50.90 km2 Upper lake, 62.00 km2 Lower lake, Waterfalls between the two lakes. In addition to spring hydrosphere springs , of which three are sulphur springs at the southern side of the lower lake, with extensive mobile sand dunes. Wadi El Rayan Waterfalls considered to be the largest waterfalls in Egypt . Jabal Manqueer Al Rayan at the south and southeast of the springs where marine fossils and archeological remains are found. Also, Jabal Madwera near the lower lake, which is known for its extensive dune formations. Flora and fauna The vegetation is confined to inter dune areas around springs and at the base of large dunes. The vegetation cover is made of 13 species of perennial plants and a few individuals of Calligonum comosum and Zygophyllum album. Deleted image removed File Raiyan Valley 8.jpg thumb Portion of Flora in Wadi Rayan Wadi El Rayan is also important because it accommodates one of the world s few remaining populations of the endangered Rhim Gazelle Slender horned gazelle . The Dorcas Gazelle is still found in the area in small numbers while both the Fennec Fox and R ppell s Fox are scarce. There are 11 species of reptiles, 9 species of mammals, 13 species of resident birds, and 26 migrant and vagrant birds. See also Faiyum Crocodilopolis Faiyum mummy portraits Faiyum Governorate Fayum alphabet Lake Moeris Bahr Yussef Roman Egypt References Unreferenced date March 2011 Reflist External links National Parks of Egypt Category Faiyum Governorate ar ... more details
unreferenced date November 2011 Infobox Stadium stadium name Fayoum Stadium nickname image location Faiyum Fayoum , Egypt broke ground opened closed demolished owner operator surface Lawn Grass construction cost architect former names tenants Misr El Makasa seating capacity 10,000 The Fayoum Stadium is a multi purpose stadium located in Faiyum Fayoum , Egypt . It is used mostly for football soccer football and serves as the home stadium of Misr El Makasa . The stadium has a capacity of 10,000 people. Coord 29.318 N 30.840 E type landmark display title N 29.318 E 30.840 Category Football venues in Egypt Category Multi purpose stadiums in Egypt Egypt sports venue stub ... more details
Egypt ian pharaoh s of the Twelfth dynasty of Egypt twelfth dynasty using the natural lake of Faiyum ... word Faiyum Etymology Faiyum the Sea came to be used as a reference for the entire region in later times. See also Bahr Yussef FaiyumFaiyum Governorate Faiyum Oasis Moeritherium an ancient relative ... waterbody display title Category Faiyum Governorate Category Lakes of Egypt Moeris Category Shrunken ... more details
Infobox Prime Minister image Ali Lutfi.jpg imagesize name Ali Lutfi br office Prime Minister of Egypt president Hosni Mubarak predecessor Kamal Hassan Ali successor Atef Sedki term start 4 September 1985 term end 9 Novemver 1986 office2 Minster of Finance president2 Anwar El Sadat birth date 6 October 1935 birth place Al Adwa, Faiyum , Egypt party National Democratic Party Egypt religion Islam Sunni Islam Sunni Ali Mahmoud Lutfi IPA arz m d m mu d lot fi IPA born 1935 served as Prime Minister of Egypt from 4 September 1985 to 9 November 1986. References Reflist s start succession box title Prime Minister of Egypt before Kamal Hassan Ali after Atef Sedki years 1985&ndash 1986 s end EgyptPMs Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Lufti, Ali Mahmoud ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 6 October 1935 PLACE OF BIRTH Al Adwa, Faiyum , Egypt DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lufti, Ali Mahmoud Category Living people Category 1935 births Category Prime Ministers of Egypt Egypt politician stub ar de Ali Mahmud Lutfi fr Ali Lutfi Mahmoud arz pl Ali Lutfi ... more details
Infobox football biography name Sabry Raheel image Deleted image removed File Sabry raheel.jpg 250px Abdul Muttalib fullname Sabry El Sayed Abdel Muttalib Raheel br Arabic height birth date birth date and age 1987 10 20 birth place Sanhour El Beheira, Faiyum Governorate Faiyum , Egypt position Defender football Left back currentclub Zamalek SC Zamalek clubnumber 6 youthyears1 youthclubs1 Misr El Makasa years1 2007 2009 years2 2009 clubs1 Misr El Makasa clubs2 Zamalek SC Zamalek caps1 goals1 nationalyears1 nationalteam1 nationalcaps1 nationalgoals1 pcupdate ntupdate 04 March 2009 Sabry Raheel lang ar born on 2 October 1987 is an Egypt ian footballer who plays as a Defender football Left back for Egyptian Premier League side Zamalek SC Zamalek . ref http www.footmercato.net Sabri Rahel 60234 j.html ref References reflist El Zamalek squad Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Raheel, Sabry ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Egyptian footballer DATE OF BIRTH 20 October 1987 PLACE OF BIRTH Sanhour El Beheira, Fayoum , Egypt DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Raheel, Sabry Category 1987 births Category Living people Category Zamalek players Category Egyptian footballers Egypt footy bio stub ar ... more details
The Bahr Yussef coord 29.241473 30.916729 region EG display inline ref http wikimapia.org y 29241473&x 30916729&z 13&l 0&m a&v 2 ref lang ar , which roughly translates from Arabic language Arabic as the waterway of Joseph Hebrew Bible Joseph , is a canal which connects the Nile River with Fayyum in Egypt . This was originally in prehistoric times a natural offshoot of the Nile which created a lake to the west during high floods. Beginning with the Twelfth dynasty of Egypt 12th dynasty , the waterway was enlarged and the Fayyum was developed to enlarge Lake Moeris . The canal was built into the natural incline of the valley, creating a channel 15 km long and 5 m deep that sloped into the Fayyum depression. The canal was controlled by the Ha Uar Dam , which was actually two dams that regulated the flow into the lake and out of the Nile. As the surrounding area changed at about 230 BC, the Bahr Yussef eventually became neglected, leaving most of Lake Moeris to dry up creating the depression that exists today and the modern province of Al Fayyum. The Bahr Yussef is believed by one unconventional religious Egyptologist to have been built under the Israelite patriarch Joseph when he was vizier for Thutmosis III . ref Hunt, Angela , Dreamers Legacies of the Ancient River, p.299, iUniverse ref The Bahr Yussef still exists today, feeding water northwards into the Birket Qarun , parallel with the Nile. References http web.archive.org web 20080113220455 http www.bh.com companions 0340740671 exercises prob2.htm The Hydraulics of Open Channel Flow An Introduction Notes reflist External links coord 29.241473 30.916729 display title ex Wikimapia link Egypt geo stub Category Canals in Egypt Category Geography of Egypt Category Faiyum Category Faiyum Governorate ar de Bahr Yusuf fr Bahr Youssouf ru sco Bahr Yussef uk ... more details
Taxobox name Phiomia fossil range Fossil range Late Eocene Early Oligocene image Phiomia serridens skull.JPG image width 240px regnum Animal ia phylum Chordata classis Mammalia ordo Proboscidea familia Phiomiidae genus Phiomia species P. serridens binomial Phiomia serridens binomial authority Andrews & Beadnell, 1902 Phiomia is an extinct genus of basal proboscid that lived in what is now Northern Africa during the Late Eocene to Early Oligocene some 36 35 million years ago. Phiomia serridens means saw toothed animal of Faiyum Governorate Faiyum . Image Phiomia.JPG thumb left Alternate view of Phiomia serridens skull Image Phiomia minor.jpg thumb left Phiomia minor skull Phiomia was around convert 2.5 m ft high, and vaguely resembled a modern elephant , although, based on the shape of its nasal bone s, it had only a very short trunk. It had short tusks on the upper jaw and also short shovel like tusks on the lower jaw that were most likely used for gathering food. These were similar to those of the Miocene Platybelodon , Archaeobelodon , and Amebelodon , but considerably smaller. The tusks in the upper jaw may have been used in defence ref name EoDP cite book editor Palmer, D. year 1999 title The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals publisher Marshall Editions location London page 239 isbn 1 84028 152 9 ref , or scraping bark off trees. References reflist portal Paleontology paleo mammal stub Commons category Category Prehistoric proboscideans Category Eocene proboscideans Category Oligocene mammals Category Oligocene extinctions Category Gomphotheres ca Phiomia cs Phiomia de Phiomia es Phiomia it Phiomia hu Phiomia nl Phiomia ru zh ... more details
BLP sources date April 2009 Infobox football biography name Sayed Abdel Hafeez image Commented out because image was deleted Image Sayed abdEl hafez.jpg 200px fullname Sayed Mohamed Mohamed Abdel Hafeez birth date Birth date and age 1977 10 27 birth place Faiyum , Egypt death date death place height convert 1.73 m ftin 0 abbr on position Right Midfielder Retired youthyears1 1989 1996 youthclubs1 El Ahly years1 1996 2006 clubs1 El Ahly caps1 220 goals1 30 nationalyears1 nationalteam1 Egypt U21 nationalteam2 Egypt nationalcaps1 68 nationalcaps2 28 nationalgoals1 18 nationalgoals2 6 Sayed Abdel Hafeez Arabic born October 27, 1977 is an Egyptians Egyptian football soccer footballer . Sayed has played right midfielder for Egypt s El Ahly as well as Egypt national football team Egypt s National Football Team . ref cite news url http news.bbc.co.uk sport2 hi football africa 3257308.stm title Pharaohs join Bahrain tournament last Shaheen first Amr date 2003 12 02 publisher BBC Sport accessdate 2009 04 05 ref References Reflist Egypt Squad 2000 Africa Cup of Nations Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Hafeez, Sayed Abdel ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Egyptian footballer DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1977 PLACE OF BIRTH Faiyum , Egypt DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Hafeez, Sayed Abdel Category Egyptian footballers Abdel Hafeez,Sayed Category Egypt international footballers Abdel Hafeez,Sayed Category Al Ahly S.C. players Abdel Hafeez,Sayed Category 2000 African Cup of Nations players Abdel Hafeez,Sayed Category Living people Category 1977 births fr Sayed Abdel Hafeez pl Sayed Abdel Hafeez ... more details
Infobox settlement See Template Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions name Ibsheway native name native name lang ar settlement type city image skyline image alt image caption image flag flag alt image seal seal alt image shield shield alt nickname motto image map map alt map caption pushpin map Egypt pushpin label position bottom pushpin map alt pushpin map caption Location in Egypt latd 29.44474 latm lats latNS longd 30.710678 longm longs longEW coor pinpoint coordinates type coordinates display inline,title coordinates footnotes subdivision type Country subdivision name flag Egypt subdivision type1 Governorates of Egypt Governorate subdivision name1 Faiyum Governorate Fayum subdivision type2 subdivision name2 subdivision type3 subdivision name3 established title established date founder seat type seat government footnotes leader party leader title leader name unit pref Metric or US or UK area footnotes area total km2 area land km2 area water km2 area water percent area note elevation footnotes elevation m population footnotes population total population as of population density km2 auto population demonym population note timezone1 utc offset1 timezone1 DST utc offset1 DST postal code type postal code area code type area code iso code website footnotes Ibsheway lang ar is a city in Faiyum Governorate , Egypt . egypt geo stub Category Populated places in Egypt ar fa ru ... more details
Infobox settlement See Template Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions name Tamiya native name native name lang ar settlement type image skyline image alt image caption image flag flag alt image seal seal alt image shield shield alt nickname motto image map map alt map caption pushpin map Egypt pushpin label position bottom pushpin map alt pushpin map caption Location in Egypt latd 29.478011 latm lats latNS N longd 30.957384 longm longs longEW E coor pinpoint coordinates type coordinates display inline,title coordinates footnotes subdivision type Country subdivision name flag Egypt subdivision type1 Governorates of Egypt Governorate subdivision name1 Faiyum Governorate Faiyum subdivision type2 subdivision name2 subdivision type3 subdivision name3 established title established date founder seat type seat government footnotes leader party leader title leader name unit pref Metric or US or UK area footnotes area total km2 area land km2 area water km2 area water percent area note elevation footnotes elevation m population footnotes population total population as of population density km2 auto population demonym population note timezone1 Egypt Standard Time EST utc offset1 2 timezone1 DST utc offset1 DST postal code type postal code area code type area code iso code website URL example.com footnotes Tamiya lang ar is a city in Egypt . egypt geo stub Category Populated places in Egypt ar ... more details
, 1950 PLACE OF BIRTH Faiyum DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Saif, Mostafa Elwi Category Members ... Category People from Faiyum ... more details
Hassan Shehata and the players traveled to Abdelwahab s hometown, Faiyum , to attend the funeral proceedings ... DESCRIPTION Egyptian footballer DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1983 PLACE OF BIRTH Faiyum , Egypt DATE ... People from Faiyum ar de Mohamed Abdelwahab el fr ... more details
Itjtawy Pronunciation needed full Egyptian language Egyptian name Amenemhat itj tawy &mdash Amenemhat &ndash the Seizer of the Two Lands , is the as yet unidentified location of the royal city founded by Twelfth dynasty of Egypt Twelfth Dynasty Egyptians Egyptian King Amenemhat I during year 20 of his reign. ref cite journal author Arnold, Dorothea title Amenemhat I and the Early Twelfth Dynasty at Thebes journal Metropolitan Museum Journal volume 26 pages 5 48 year 1991 doi 10.2307 1512902 publisher The Metropolitan Museum of Art jstor 1512902 ref It is located in the Faiyum region, and its cemeteries were located at Lisht , el Lahun and Dahshur . The site of Itjtawy may have been chosen due to its proximity to the source of Canaan Asiatic incursions into Egypt to help prevent further attacks. ref Cite book editor last Shaw editor first Ian title The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt year 2000 pages 159 place Oxford publisher Oxford University Press postscript None ref References reflist Ancient Egypt stub Category Cities in Ancient Egypt Category Former populated places in Egypt es Itjtawy fa id Itjtawy it Ity Tawy pt Amenemhat itj tawy ... more details
The Bisharin are a mostly Sufi Muslim tribe of the Beja people Beja nomad ic ethnic group . They inhabit the eastern part of the Nubian Desert in Sudan and southern Egypt , living in the Atbra between the Nile River and the Red Sea , north of the Amarar and south of the Ababda . The population is about 42,000. Most of the tribe move within the territory of Sudan, where they have political representation in the Beja Congress . Bisharin is also the name of their spoken dialect. The Bisharin tend animals, including camels, sheep, goats, buffalo and cattle. They have a breed of chicken named after them called Bigawi , which was carried to Faiyum Fayoum in ancient times. This important African breed is better known as the Fayoumi . For those along the Nile River , farming is a way of life they grow cotton, sugar cane, corn, dura, wheat, sesame, fruits and vegetables and raise poultry. External links Wikisource1911Enc Bish r n http www.dur.ac.uk justin.willis starkey.htm Perceptions of the Ababda and Bisharin in the Atbai Category Bedouin groups Category Ethnic groups in Sudan Category Ethnic groups in Egypt Category African nomads Category Modern nomads Sudan ethno group stub Sudan stub Africa ethno group stub ca Bisharin eo Bi arenoj ... more details
Aziz Abaza 13 August 1898 1973 was an Egypt Egyptian poet . He is known as one of the prominent poets in modern Egyptian and Arab literature . Abaza s poems are preoccupied with Arab unity and Pan Arabism . His poetry was an inspiration for Arabism advocates. Early life Abaza was born on 13 August 1898 in a village in Al Sharqiya governorate in Egypt. He joined the School of Law Egypt School of Law from where he was graduated in 1923. He worked as a member of Parliament, director of Identification Department, Egyptian Ministry of Interior in 1923 and Deputy Governor of Al Behaira governorate in 1935. Moreover he worked as governor of Qalyubia Governorate Al Qalyoubiya and Faiyum and Suez Canal Zone . External links http www.sis.gov.eg vr figures english html Aziz 20Abaza.htm Egyptian Figures, Aziz Abaza http www.sis.gov.eg En Default.aspx Egypt State Information Service Persondata NAME Abaza, Aziz ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Poet DATE OF BIRTH 13 August 1898 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1973 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Abaza, Aziz Category Egyptian poets Category 1898 births Category 1973 deaths Category Egyptian civil servants Category Members of the People s Assembly of Egypt pl Aziz Abaza ... more details
Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket lang ar ALA LC Romanization ALA LC transl ar Mu ammad al Akh al Muwaqqit was an Egyptian astronomer whose calendarium and catalogue of stars, entitled Durret al Muddiah Fih al Aamal al Shamsiah Al Durrah al mu yah f al am l al shams yah, Pearls of brilliance upon the solar operations , was written at Cairo about 1650. ref Transcription and translation from E.B. Knobel, On a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 55 1895 429f . ref Al Achsasi was sheikh of the Grand Mosque of the University of Cairo , where his name al Mouakket reflected his position regulating the times and hours at the mosque. His name Achsasi connects him in origin to a village in the Faiyum . ref Knobel 1895 429. ref No copies of his book were known to Western astronomers or History of science historians of science until 1895 ref Knobel 1895. ref thus he did not appear in the standard French and English bibliographies and library catalogues of the 19th century. Notes Reflist astronomer stub DEFAULTSORT Achsasi al Mouakket, Al Category Medieval Arab astronomers Category Medieval Egyptian astronomers Category Astronomers of medieval Islam ... more details
Gertrude Caton Thompson 1 February 1888 18 April 1985 was an influential England English archaeologist at a time when participation by women in the discipline was uncommon. Gertrude Caton Thompson was born to William Caton Thompson and Ethel Page in 1888 in London , England. She attended private schools in Eastbourne and in Paris . Her interest in archaeology began on a trip to Egypt with her mother in 1911. During World War I , Caton Thompson worked for the British Ministry of Shipping and she attended the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 Paris Peace Conference in 1919. Caton Thompson subsequently worked as an archaeologist in Egypt at the sites of Abydos, Egypt Abydos and Oxyrhynchus . Whilst studying at the British School of Archaeology in Egypt from 1921 to 1926 Caton Thompson and the geologist Elinor Wight Gardner began the first archaeological survey of the northern Faiyum . She continued working in the Faiyum over the next two years, as field director for the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland Royal Anthropological Institute . From 1928 to 1929, Caton Thompson excavated the famed ruins at Great Zimbabwe , being the first to state that the ruins were of decidedly African origin. She also worked in Kharga Oasis . Towards the end of 1937 Caton Thompson and Elinor Gardner, accompanied by Freya Stark , initiated the first systematic excavation in the Yemen . She was a research fellow at Newnham College, Cambridge in 1923 and again from 1934 45. She influenced Mary Leakey by allowing her to tag along on archaeological expeditions as an amateur archaeologist and artist. ref Morell 1995 , p. 72. ref Caton Thompson died in her 97th year at Broadway, Worcestershire . Publications The Zimbabwe Culture , 1931. The Desert Fayum , 1935. Kharga Oasis in Prehistory , 1952. External links http www.ames.cam.ac.uk faclib archive caton.html Gertrude Caton Thompson 1888 1985 , Archaeologist papers at the Cambridge University Faculty of Asian and Middle Easte ... more details
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