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Entrance Tomb of Mesu-Isis at Gebel Al Mawta, the `Mountain of the Dead`, in Siwa Oasis, Egypt. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Tourist with painted steel sign for Gebel Al Mawta, the `Mountain of the Dead`, in Siwa Oasis, Egypt. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Tourists with painted steel sign for Gebel Al Mawta, the `Mountain of the Dead`, in Siwa Oasis, Egypt. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Female Korean tourist at Gebel Al Mawta, the `Mountain of the Dead`, in Siwa Oasis, Egypt. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Egyptian flag flying at Gebel Al Mawta, the `Mountain of the Dead`, in Siwa Oasis, Egypt. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Gebel Al Mawta, the `Mountain of the Dead`, in Siwa Oasis, Egypt.

Gebel Al Mawta, the `Mountain of the Dead`, in Siwa Oasis, Egypt. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Carved stone information plaque for Gebel Al Mawta, the `Mountain of the Dead`, in Siwa Oasis, Egypt. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Painted steel sign for Gebel Al Mawta, the `Mountain of the Dead`, in Siwa Oasis, Egypt. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Pictured is the Gebel Al Mawta, the `Mountain of the Dead`, in Siwa Oasis, Egypt. It is honeycombed with rock tombs peppered with wall painting. Most of the tombs here date back to the 26th Dynasty, Ptolemaic and Roman times. The tombs were used by Siwans as shelters when Italians bombed the oasis during the Second World War.