City
Fayyum
الفيوم
Middle Egypt · from pharaonic Shedet to the present
Oasis-like province whose very name preserves Coptic: Ⲫⲓⲟⲙ phiom means 'the sea', recalling the lake that waters the region. Monasteries such as Naqlun kept Coptic scriptorial traditions here for centuries.
- Coords:
- 29.308°, 30.843°