🏛️ Oasis Magna Hibis-Diospolis Parva
Graeco-Roman settlement in the Kharga Oasis, Western Desert
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in Kharga Oasis, approximately 230 km southwest of Luxor
- Settlement dates from Ptolemaic through Roman periods (c. 332 BCE–fourth century CE)
- Named Hibis in the Ptolemaic era and later Diospolis Parva under Roman rule
- Coordinates: 25.885303°N, 31.438197°E, Western Desert, Egypt
Oasis Magna Hibis-Diospolis Parva is an archaeological site representing a Graeco-Roman oasis settlement in Egypt's Western Desert. The site encompasses remains from the Ptolemaic and Roman periods, reflecting the strategic and economic importance of the Kharga Oasis as a waypoint along trade routes and administrative centre. Excavations and surveys have documented the urban layout, domestic architecture, and material culture of the settlement ...