Many people with little knowledge of Egypt and less interest in exploring this ancient land visualize it to be a desert. It is the vision portrayed in their minds if they casually run across a photo of the great pyramids in a magazine.
It is Located 60 km south of Wadi EL-Rian in El-Fayoum oasis. This is around 150 km southwest of Cairo. The site today is a nature reserve area and a natural Heritage Site.
The Reserve Area encompasses the segment of the Red Sea coastal plain and mountains extending roughly between 24°51’N in the north and 24°06’N in the south;
