Western Desert

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The Western Desert occupies a huge area of Egypt, on the side of the Nile that symbolized death. The western lands were where the sun god Ra went to die each day, and where the souls of the pharoahs went following their emtombment. It's harsh and deserted... but contains a handful of oases.

Oases

roughly from north to south:

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Western Desert Travel Guide is based on Western Desert by ホテル, Claus Hansen, Todd VerBeek, Stacy Hall, Colin Jensen, Evan Prodromou, Unger, Huttite, iGuide and others. Western Desert Travel Guide is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.