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    Faiyum
   
  Introduction to el-Faiyum
General introduction to the Faiyum region
     
  El-Lahun and Hawara
Pyramid and town of el-Lahun, pyramid and labyrinth at Hawara
     
  Medinet el-Faiyum
Capital town of the Faiyum region and nearby Kiman Faris, ancient Crocodilonpolis
     
  Medinet Madi
Site of Middle Kingdom temple of Amenemhet III & IV
     
  Qasr Qarun and Medinet Quta
Late Period temples, Roman fortress of Diocletian at Qasr Qarun, remains of the Ptolemaic city at Medinet Quta, and remains of ancient Theadelphia at Batn Ihrit
     
  Qasr el-Sagha and Dimai
Middle Kingdom uninscribed temple at Qasr el-Sagha, Ptolemaic remains of ancient Soknopaiou Nesos at Dimai
     
  Kom Ushim
Ancient Karanis, site of two temples and Graeco-Roman city, and ancient Bacchias, town and temple remains at Kom el-Atl
     
  Kom el-Hammam
Ancient Philadelphia and the pyramid at Seila
     
  Umm el-Baragat
Ancient Tebtunis town and temple site