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| Chamīsa · خميسة | ||
| Governorate | Maṭrūḥ | |
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| Residents | 111 (2006) | |
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The well marking (Arabic: ḥaṭīyat) Chamisa (also Khamisa, Khamisah, Arabic:خميسة, Chamīsa) is a hamlet with a good 100 inhabitants[1] about 30 kilometers west of the city Siwabelonging to the area of el-Marāqī belongs.
background
The area around Chamīsa is one of the most fertile areas in Siwa. Primarily olives are grown. The water for this comes from five sources. The local houses are inhabited by farm workers, mostly settled Bedouins, while the owners of the land live in Siwa.
Chamīsa has been inhabited from ancient times. The local temple and the rock tombs from Greco-Roman times in Ghaiṭ Abū Manṣūr and Ḥatīyat Zāwa bear witness to this, as evidenced by ceramic finds. There are also other rock graves in the neighboring hamlet of Mischandid, which is sometimes referred to as Chamīsa.
The inhabitants believe that there is a treasure in these rocks, namely that of Princess Chamīsa, who also gave the hamlet its name.
South of Khamīsa and el-Maʿṣara there is a place that El Maʿṣara Castle (Arabic:برج المعصرة, Al-Maʿṣara Castle, „Tower of the oil press") is called. In the 19th century there was still a stone passage here, which was called Bāb el-Madīna, Stadtor, in the so-called Siwa manuscript, a historical description of the Siwa basin. In 1869 Gerhard Rohlfs found a ram statue here, which today belongs to the Berlin museums.[2]
getting there
For the journey one can use the asphalt road from Siwa to Bahī ed-Dīn, which is laid out on the north side of Lake Siwa, use. The archaeological site itself has to be explored on foot.
Tourist Attractions
The remains of an undecorated one can still be found in Chamīsa 1 Temple(29 ° 12 '45 "N.25 ° 24 ′ 36 ″ E) made of limestone blocks. The temple that you enter in the south is 14.3 meters wide and 9.3 meters deep. There are three rooms on either side of the aisle. The walls of the temple are still up to 2 meters today.
In 1 el-Maʿṣara(29 ° 13 '7 "N.25 ° 24 '53 "E) you can still find some old buildings and old oil presses.
300 meters west-northwest of Chamīsa, on the way to Mixed candidate there is a 2 source(29 ° 12 '48 "N.25 ° 24 ′ 27 ″ E)which is surrounded by a palm garden.
South of el-Maʿṣara are in 3 El Maʿṣara Castle(29 ° 12 ′ 19 ″ N.25 ° 24 '43 "E) or. Timasirayn, south of the palm gardens, the remains of a partially silted stone building. It is about 30 meters long and eight meters wide in a north-south direction. The lower layers and the corners are made of limestone blocks, above there are layers of adobe bricks. The northeast corner is still up to five meters. Inside there is a narrow corridor on the east side with access to several rooms. A scientific investigation is still pending. The function of the building is unknown.
activities
A hike through the palm gardens in the vicinity of Chamīsa is worthwhile.
kitchen
There are restaurants in the nearby town Siwa.
accommodation
Accommodation is available in the nearby town Siwa.
trips
The visit of the village and the archaeological site can be combined with that of Bilād er-Rūm, Mixed candidate and Bahī ed-Dīn connect.
literature
- : From Tripoli to Alexandria: Description of the trip carried out on behalf of Sr. Majesty of the King of Prussia in the years 1868 and 1869; Vol.2. Bremen: Kühtmann, 1871, Pp. 85, 106; part 1, Frontispiece.
- : Through the Libyan desert to the Amonsoasis. Bielefeld [et al.]: Velhagen & Klasing, 1904, Land and people: monographs on geography; 19th, P. 128.
- : Siwa Oasis. Cairo: The American Univ. in Cairo Pr., 1973, The oases of Egypt; 1, ISBN 978-977-424-123-9 (Reprint), p. 126 (in English).
- : Siwa past and present. Alexandria: Yasso, 2005, ISBN 977-17-2554-1 (incorrect), p. 63.
Individual evidence
- ↑Population according to the 2006 Egyptian census, accessed June 3, 2014.
- ↑Rohlfs, From Tripoli to Alexandria, loc. cit.
