. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. THE GREAT AND LITTLE OASES. 891 The Great and Little Oases. Siut, more than any other Egyptian town, maintains direct relations with the oases, which are developed in a vast crescent parallel with the bend of the Nile sweeping round from the south to the west and north-west. The " Great " or " Southern " Oasis, known also as that of Khargeh, although the laro-est is no longer the most populous, but still enjoys some importance as a station for the caravans from Dar-For. Its capital, whose site has never been shifted throughout
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. THE GREAT AND LITTLE OASES. 891 The Great and Little Oases. Siut, more than any other Egyptian town, maintains direct relations with the oases, which are developed in a vast crescent parallel with the bend of the Nile sweeping round from the south to the west and north-west. The " Great " or " Southern " Oasis, known also as that of Khargeh, although the laro-est is no longer the most populous, but still enjoys some importance as a station for the caravans from Dar-For. Its capital, whose site has never been shifted throughout historic times, has preserved a temple of Ammon built during the reign of Darius Fig lis.—Red Pottery of " Son of Isis and ; An avenue of pylons leads to the sanctuary, whose bas-reliefs present an extraordinary variety of historical and other figures. In this respect the temple of Darius is altogether unique.* All the surrounding cliffs are pierced with sepulchral chambers, in which Christian tombs are very numerous. The oasis of Beris, more to the south, has also preserved an Egyptian temple dating from the Roman period. Round about the present oasis are scattered many ruins, showing that the cultivated lands formerly covered a far greater extent than is now the case. All these tracts might be reclaimed by clearing out the choked-up wells, and draining the soil where the water used in irrigating the rice-fields in some places forms unhealthy * Hoskins' " Visit to the Great Oasis of the Libyan ;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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