Egypt Express
The best thing about Egyptian Oasis is that each one has its own personality that differentiates one from the other.
Farafra Oasis is the most mysterious one and the most Isolated and difficult to reach, you will always feel that there’s something to discover in Farafra or it has big secrets to know, and there is an evidence that supports the theory that it binds the entire Western Desert together.
History of Farafra tells us that it went through three distinct wet phases 9000 B.C., 6000 B.C., and 4500 B.C.
Barbara E. Barich in Geoarchaeology of Farafra and the Origin of Agriculture in the Sahara tells us that 10,000 years ago in the early Holocene there were violent rains in the area and that makes the Epipaleolithic groups moved along a rather extended circuit, connecting the various oases of the Western Desert searching for pastures.But in the 8600 B.C., the rains stabilized and so did the population.
Farafra, as well as Bahariya, was part of ancient Egypt at that time, Farafra was known for many names in Old Kingdom Known in ancient times as Oasis Trinitheos, Ta-ihw, and Land of the Cow (after the ancient Egyptian goddess Hathor).
In the new kingdom, it was discovered that there is written evidence in the Court of Ramses II at Luxor Temple that precious stones were sent to the Nile
Valley from Farafra for Ramses’ massive building plans, but no ancient mining sites have been found.
In Nineteenth Dynasty, during the reign of King Merenptah, Farafra was captured by Libyan invaders, This conquest allowed Farafra to be a stepping stone to the Nile Valley for the Libyans.
At the third Intermediate and late periods, Farfra reached its importance when Libyans ruled Egypt.Frafra still a mysterious Oasis and full of secrets.
