- Bahariya

It consists of many villages of which Bawiti is the largest and the administrative center. Qasr is Bawiti's neighboring/twin village. To the east, about ten kilometers away are the villages of Mandishah and el Zabu. A smaller village called Aguz lies between Bawiti and Mandishah. Harrah, the eastern most villages, is a few kilometers east of Mandishah and el Zabu. Hiez is the last village, but it may not always be considered as part of Bahariya because it is so far from the rest of the villages, about fifty kilometers south of Bawiti. Please note the coordinates in the top-right corner and in the pane to the right are incorrect. The coordinates (according to Google Earth) are 28 degrees 20' N, 28 degress 51' E.

- Kharga Oasis

A miniature jewel in the LIBYAN DESERT, called Uakt-rest, the Outer or Southern Oasis, Kharga was also part of "the OASIS ROUTE." Located some 77 miles southwest of ASSIUT, Kharga contains temples and towns, including HIBIS. A temple to AMUN was established there in the reign of DARIUS I (521-486 B.C.E.) and refurbished in later periods. This temple had an elaborate sacred lake.
And an avenue of sphinxes, other temples were built in honor of ISIS, MUT, KHONS (2), and SERAPIS. Kharga, the largest of the oases, was a vital TRADE outpost. With the other oases it served as an agricultural resource, a haven for fugitives, and in some historical periods, a place of exile for individuals banned by the pharaoh.

- Hibis temple

In the ancient capital of the KHARGA OASIS, located south of ASSIUT in the western desert, also called Hebet, Hibis contained a temple started by DARIUS I (r. 521-486 B.C.E.) or DARIUS II (r. 424-404 B.C.E.) and completed by NECTANEBO II (r. 360-343 B.C.E.). The rulers of the Ptolemaic Period (304-30 B.C.E.) added decorations and chambers. The temple was constructed in a grove and had vivid relief and a rooftop shrine dedicated to the god OSIRIS. A winged figure of SET, the fertility deity
Of the oasis, is also displayed. A Roman temple was built on a nearby hill.