El-Bawiti (

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

: الباويطي, ''al-Bāwīṭī, from'' ) is a town in the

Western desert In Egypt, the Western Desert is an area of the Sahara that lies west of the river Nile, up to the Libyan border, and south from the Mediterranean Sea to the border with Sudan. It is named in contrast to the Eastern Desert which extends east fro ...

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

. With 30,000 inhabitants, it is the largest settlement in the

Bahariya Oasis Bahariya Oasis (, "the Northern Oases") is a depression and a naturally rich oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt. It is approximately 370 km away from Cairo. The roughly oval valley extends from northeast to southwest, has a length of 94&nb ...

The tombs of ''Qarat Qasr Salim'' hill

On a low ridge overlooking ''El-Bawiti'' are a pair of nicely decorated underground tombs of the

26th Dynasty The Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XXVI, alternatively 26th Dynasty or Dynasty 26) was the last native dynasty of ancient Egypt before the Persian conquest in 525 BC (although other brief periods of rule by Egyptians followed). T ...

, a high time in Bahariya Oasis. The tombs, belonging to the wealthy local merchants ''Zed-Amun-ef-Ankh'' and his son ''Banentiu'', have an inner court with 4 columns and up to 7 side chambers. The tomb of Zed-Amun-ef-Ankh has colorful pictures of the gods carrying out the mortuary rituals. The ceiling is painted with a starry sky. The columns of the tomb of Banentiu are painted with deities and the ceiling has a winged sun-disk. The walls by the entrance show the journeys of the Moon and the Sun.Exploring the Antiquities of Bahariya Oasis
Retrieved 21 April 2020. File:BawitiSelimBanentiuTomb.jpg, Entrance of Baennentiu's tomb File:BawitiSelimBanentiuSanctRight.jpg, Justice scene: tomb owner Baennentiu conducted by Maat, Anubis and Horus with scales

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