Bahariya is most well-known for the so-called Golden Mummies tourist attraction and the Black Desert area. It has many dunes surrounding it as well as hot springs and good hiking routes. Historical antiquities from the Middle Kingdom and two interesting museums are also located in Bawati town. Baharia Oasis is 2,000 square kilometers in size and used to be along an old donkey trading route from Cairo as well as an important center of wine production in ancient Egypt. 

The Temple of Ain el-Muftella may have once served as the city center of El Qasr which is today the modern town of Baw...

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On the eastern ridge of El Bawiti in the Bahariya Oasis we find the Tomb of Bannantiu located next to his somewhat sma...

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Oasis Heritage Museum located about 2 km East of the Bawiti town’s edge on the road to Cairo, it created by Mahm...

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Also known as Bawati Museum or the Mummy Hall, the museum contains discoveries from a vast cache of mummies found in B...

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Though there have been a number of new archaeological discoveries in the Bahariya Oasis (in Egypt's Western Desert...

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For some years, Egypt was under the control of the Persian King, and while other outside forces had ruled Egypt over t...

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