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Hawara

This article is about the archaeological site in Egypt. For the Palestinian town in the West Bank, see Huwara. For the town in northern Jordan, see Huwwarah. For the ancient town in southern Jordan, see Humeima. For the Berber tribe, see Hawwara.
Limestone pyramid. Sir Flinders Petrie thought that this represented a model for Hawara pyramid. 12th Dynasty. From Hawara, Egypt. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London
Petrie unearthed a number of vivid Fayum mummy portraits in 1911

Hawara is an archaeological site of Ancient Egypt, south of the site of Crocodilopolis ('Arsinoë', also known as 'Medinet al-Faiyum') at the entrance to the depression of the Fayyum oasis. It is the site of a pyramid built by Pharaoh Amenemhat III of the 12th dynasty in the 19th century B.C.[1]


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هوارة المقطع Arabic هوارة المقطع ARZ Pyramid of Hawara CEB Hawara German Χαουάρα Greek Hawara Spanish Hawara EU هواره المقطع FA Hawara French Hawara Italian

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