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  • Bigeh

  • Bigeh

    Bigeh is an island and archaeological site situated along the Nile River in historic Nubia, and within the Aswan Governorate of southern Egypt. Bigeh island was sacred to the ancient Egyptians. There was a belief that Osiris was buried on the island.
    Archaeological Site
    Bigeh
    by Karen Green, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Aswan

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    Second Millennium BC

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