Oasis Polis
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Oasis Polis
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Oasis Polis is said by Herodotus to be an ancient Greek colony from Samos in the Egyptian Desert. The oasis that would fit in with Herodotus's story here is the so-called Small or Bahariya Oasis. Herodotus is describing a military campaign from Thebes via "Oasis Polis" westward towards the "Ammonians". An oasis due west from Thebes and at the appropriate distance from Thebes of "a seven days' journey" is the Great or Kharga Oasis, and this Great Oasis apparently is the oasis that Herodotus had i
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2024-03-15T22:20:26Z
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