Archive image from page 527 of Discovery Discovery discovery0304londuoft Year: 178 DISCOVERY The Natives and their Customs The people of the oasis number a little over 3,000, but are dying out through intermarriage. They are not of Arab stock, but seem somewhat allied to the Berbers. It has been suggested that they are the descendants of the expedition sent out from Egypt by Cambj'ses the Great, which expedition never returned to the Nile Valley. A disease known as Siwa fever, of malarial type, is further helping in the destruction of the population. Strangely enough, many of the men are ph
Archive image from page 527 of Discovery Discovery discovery0304londuoft Year: 178 DISCOVERY The Natives and their Customs The people of the oasis number a little over 3,000, but are dying out through intermarriage. They are not of Arab stock, but seem somewhat allied to the Berbers. It has been suggested that they are the descendants of the expedition sent out from Egypt by Cambj'ses the Great, which expedition never returned to the Nile Valley. A disease known as Siwa fever, of malarial type, is further helping in the destruction of the population. Strangely enough, many of the men are physically fine, heights of 6 feet 6 inches being common, and the build big in proportion. Some of them have fair hair and blue eyes. Though Senussi, they are very pro-Britishâpossibly as a result of the war, when Ford It is faced nearly to the top with blocks of stone, the work probably having been done from three to four thousand years ago. Wives, whatever their station, only cost 24s. each, so that there is small wonder that the Siwans make frequent changes. Probably, however, 24s. represents a large sum to the Siwan, for on my asking the sheikh if there were any wealthy men in the place, he gravely replied that there were several exceedingly rich men, possessing fortunes of quite £1,000 each ! One of the social customs is that when a woman calls on another she wears all the clothes .she possesses, and during her visit discards them one by one, placing them in a heap at her side, in order to impress her hostess with her wealth. As regards food, the Siwans eat anything, but have â »-WiW«- -V. Fir. 4.âruins of TEMPI,E; ok JUPITER AMMOX. cars and aeroplanes first appeared in this fanatical spot, which had previously been untroubled by Europeans. Siwan marriage customs are free and easy. The people marry very young, and as a rule, by the time a girl is eleven or twelve years of age she has been married and divorced three or four times. Generally speaking the inhabit
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