The ancient Karanis City or Kom Aushim (Kom Aushim), is located 160 km southwest of Cairo in the natural depression of Fayum oasis the ancient city of Karanis have been founded in the 3rd century BC by Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285-247 BC) as part of a scheme to settle Greek mercenaries among the indigenous Egyptians and to exploit the potential of the fertile Fayoum basin
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