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  • Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham

  • Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham

    Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham is an archaeological site located on the North coast of Egypt, 20 km to the west of Marsa Matruh. During the reign of Ramesses II, it was the location of a major fortress-town which probably marked the western extent of direct Egyptian influence.
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    Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham
    by Roland Unger, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham
    by Roland Unger, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham
    by Roland Unger, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham

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    Egypt

    Matrouh

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    Second Millennium BC

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