Siwa Oasis


The Siwa Oasis ; Libyan Cairo. about 80 km 50 mi in length in addition to 20 km 12 mi wide, Siwa Oasis is one of Egypt's most isolated settlements with approximately 33,000 people, mostly Berbers, who developed a unique as living as isolated desert culture & a language called Siwi; they are also fluent in a Egyptian dialect of Arabic which is called "Masry" meaning Egyptian.

Its fame derives primarily from its ancient role as the domestic to an oracle of Ammon, the ruins of which are a popular tourist attraction which filed the oasis its ancient form Oasis of Amun Ra.