| ʿAin el-ʿIzza · عين العزة | ||
| Governorate | Gīza | |
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| Residents | 80 (1980) | |
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| height | 132 m | |
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'Ain el-'Izza (also Ain el-Ezza, Arabic:عين العزة, ʿAyn al-ʿIzza) is a hamlet in the egyptian Sink el-Ḥeiz South of el-Baḥrīya.
background
The hamlet is east of the trunk road to el-Farāfra. In 1980 about 80 people lived in it in six farmsteads. About 500 palm trees and 45 apricot trees grew on 30 feddān (13 hectares), and grain, fūl (broad beans) and rice were grown. The water was drawn from two "Roman", i.e. old, and three new sources.[1]
The locals report that there was once a generous king named ʿAbd el-Athīth. The wealth, the good life of the population has become part of the name ʿIzza.[2]
Various ancient sites, probably from Roman times, have been found two kilometers northeast of ʿAin el-ʿIzza. The finds include the remains of adobe buildings and rock graves. About 50 meters to the northeast, the remains of an old mosque of the Sanūsī brotherhood (ez-Zāwiya es-Sanūsīya, 19th century) can still be made out around 1945. There seems to have been a system of aqueducts here.
getting there
The village can be reached via trunk road 10 from Bāwīṭī to el-Farāfraby at 1 28 ° 1 ′ 39 ″ N.28 ° 38 ′ 29 ″ E turns northwest. If you continue to northwest on the asphalt road through ʿAin el-ʿIzza, you will reach the hamlet after about 3 kilometers el-ʿAin el-Gharbīya.
mobility
The main street through that 1 Village(28 ° 1 '47 "N.28 ° 38 ′ 29 ″ E) is paved. The rest are deadlocked sand tracks.
Tourist Attractions
It is worth visiting the old parts of the hamlet with their beautiful gardens. The houses and walls were built from air-dried mud bricks.
The main attraction of the hamlet is the grave of Sheikh Chalīl (Arabic:مقام الشيخ خليل, Maqam el Sheikh Khalil).
kitchen
Restaurants can be found in el-Bāwīṭī.
accommodation
Accommodation is usually chosen in el-Bāwīṭī.
trips
The visit to the hamlet can be compared with that of other hamlets in el-Ḥeiz, in particular from ʿAin Rīs, connect.
literature
- : Baḥria Oasis, vol. II. Cairo: Government Press, 1950, Pp. 52-54.
- : The Valley of the Golden Mummies: the newest and greatest archaeological discovery of our days. Bern; Munich; Vienna: joke, 2000, ISBN 978-3-502-15300-9 , Pp. 149, 151.
