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Kharga
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Kharga (khär`gə) or Al Kharijah (äl khär`ēnjä), large oasis (1986 pop. 38,544), S central Egypt, in the Libyan (Western) Desert. Populated chiefly by Arab Bedouins and Arab-speaking Berbers, the irrigated oasis produces cereals, vegetables, olives, dates, citrus fruits, and alfalfa. Cattle and poultry are also raised. Al Kharga, the chief settlement, is a rail terminus. The oasis was prosperous in ancient times, and there are ruins of temples built by the Achaemenids of ancient Persia and by the Romans.
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Those who remained were working on a major temple in the Kharga Oasis.
Friends of ancient Egypt; help solve a ROM mystery by Gibson, Gayle / ROM Magazine
html EGYPT'S FRONTIER OASIS A remote area 125 miles west of Luxor, continually occupied throughout Egyptian history, has yielded an extraordinary array of sites, including prehistoric rock art, Neolithic encampments, pharaonic monuments, Roman settlements, and the stars of the Kharga Oasis - five unique Roman forts.
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