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The driver pulled the Land Cruiser to a stop at the top of a 15-metre-high dune for a breathtaking view of the endless golden sands that span the Egyptian and Libyan frontiers.
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The freshwater pool at the Ghaliet Ecolodge and Spa is in the Egyptian oasis of Siwa, a Berber town of 27,000 people about 725 kilometres southwest of Cairo.
Photograph by: Kim Gamel, Associated Press
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Shali fortress, completed in 1203, sits atop a small hill in Siwa. The area was largely inaccessible to the outside world until the 1980s, when a road was paved to Marsa Matrouh, the nearest city.
Photograph by: Kim Gamel, Associated Press
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Photograph by: Kim Gamel, Associated Press
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Mountain of the Dead, a Roman-era necropolis, towers over Siwa, Egypt. The oasis, home to about 27,000 people, is known for ancient ruins, abundant natural springs, a vast salt lake and rolling sand dunes in the surrounding desert.
Photograph by: Kim Gamel, Associated Press
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The Great Sand Sea, 72,000 square kilometres of rolling dunes along the northern edge of the Sahara, is one of Siwa's main attractions.
Photograph by: Kim Gamel, Associated Press
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Desert safari driver Ahmed Bakrin builds a small bonfire to make mint tea before sunset during a trek through the Great Sand Sea.
Photograph by: Kim Gamel, Associated Press
