‘araj, al-, Small oasis on the road that joins the oasis of Siwa, west of Alexandria, to bawit in the oasis of al-Bahariyyah, about 65 miles (100 km) from Siwa. A. Fakhry thinks that the ancient tombs that he excavated there preserve traces of paintings of the Christian period, which would indicate that they must have been occupied by hermits (Fakhry, 1939, p. 614; 1973-1976, Vol. 1). However, A. de Cosson, who had written earlier, advanced an opposing opinion (1937, pp. 226-29).
'Araj, Al-
By Maurice Martin, René-Georges Coquin
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- Desert Fathers and AsceticismMonasteries of Southern Egypt and the Red SeaArchaeological Sites and ExcavationsHistorical Cities and Geography
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- Maurice MartinRené-Georges Coquin
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- 189b–190a
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- Claremont Coptic Encyclopedia
Bibliography
Cosson, A. de. "Notes on the Bahrên, Nuwêmisah and el-Areg Oases in the Libyan Desert." Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 23 (1937):226-29. Fakhry, A. "The Tombs of el-Areg Oasis in the Libyan Desert." Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Egypte 39 (1939):609-19. MAURICE MARTIN, S.J. RENÉ-GEORGES COQUIN