Also known as the Temple of Umm Ubayd, this temple was once joined with the nearby Temple of the Oracle by a causeway. Both temples are dedicated to the God Amun and rituals to do with the oracle involved both sanctuaries. The temple of Amun was built in the 30th dynasty by Nectanebo II and – sadly – it is mostly destroyed. In the late 1890’s the governor of Siwa used gunpowder to demolish the temple in order to utilize the stones to build the local police station and other buildings. What’s left of it today is a wall covered with ancient inscriptions.


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