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Ahmed Fakhry ( ar, أحمد فخري) (born in
Ahmed Fakhry ( ar, أحمد فخري) (born in Faiyum Governorate
Faiyum Governorate ( ar, محافظة الفيوم ) is one of the 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. It has a population of 3,848,70 ...
in 1905 – 1973) was an Egyptian
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archaeologist
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who worked in the Western desert of Egypt (including in 1940 dig at El Haiz, and then at Siwa), and also in the necropolis
A necropolis (plural necropolises, necropoles, necropoleis, necropoli) is a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments. The name stems from the Ancient Greek ''nekropolis'', literally meaning "city of the dead".
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at Dahshur
DahshurAlso transliterated ''Dahshour'' (in English often called ''Dashur'' ar, دهشور ' , ''Dahchur'') is a royal necropolis located in the desert on the west bank of the Nile approximately south of Cairo. It is known chiefly for several p ...
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References
Bibliography
* Siwa Oasis, Cairo, Egypt, American University in Cairo Press 1990 * Bahriyah and Farafra, Cairo, American University in Cairo Press 2003 * An archaeological journey to Yemen, (March–May, 1947) * Bahria Oasis * The Bent pyramid of Dahshûr / by Ahmed Fakhry ; with papers by Hasan Mostafa and Herbert Ricke * Intiṣār al-ḥaḍārah : tārīkh al-Sharq al-qadīm / bi-qalam Zhayms Hanrī Baristid ; naqalahu ilá al-ʻArabīyah Aḥmad Fakhrī * The Inscriptions of the Amethyst Quarries at Wadi el Hudi * The monuments of Sneferu at Dahshur * The Oases of Egypt * The Oasis of Siwa its customs, history and monuments * Sept tombeaux a l'est de la Grande Pyramide de Guizeh 1905 births 1973 deaths Egyptian Egyptologists Egyptian archaeologists People from Faiyum Governorate 20th-century archaeologists {{Egypt-scientist-stub