Bawiti, Desert administrative center in Bahariya Oasis, Egypt.
The settlement extends across desert terrain at 130 meters elevation, featuring palm groves and mineral springs within the Western Desert region.
The area contains multiple decorated underground tombs from the 26th Dynasty, including the burial sites of merchants Zed-Amun-ef-Ankh and Banentiu.
The local population maintains traditional farming methods, cultivating dates, olives, guavas, and mangos in the surrounding oasis landscape.
Visitors access the town through a 370-kilometer road from Cairo, with temperatures reaching high levels during summer months.
The nearby Valley of Golden Mummies contains a necropolis with numerous Greco-Roman period mummified remains discovered in 1999.
Location: Giza Governorate
Elevation above the sea: 130 m
GPS coordinates: 28.35000,28.86667
Latest update: March 6, 2025 00:44
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Oxyrhynchus
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Faiyum Oasis
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Farafra
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Bahariya Oasis
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White Desert
136.2 km
6th of October Governorate
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Bahariya Formation
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Qasr Qarun
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Antinoöpolis
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Valley of the Golden Mummies
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Speos Artemidos
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Medinet Maadi
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Deir el-Anba Samu'il
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Meir
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Deir Abu Fana
188.4 km
Pyramid of Zawyet el-Maiyitin
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Mallawi Museum
206 km
Fraser Tombs
188.5 km
Ain el-Muftilla
2.1 km
Tombes de Meir
209.5 km
Rock Mushroom
136.2 km
Bir el-Matar
5.5 km
Ain el-Tibniya
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Wadi el-Raiyan Monastery
160.6 km
Ain Bisai
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Qarat el-Tub
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