Siwa Oasis, located 750 kilometers west of Cairo, is inhabited by content residents who appreciate the blessings bestowed upon them by Allah, such as the fruitful palm and olive groves and the healing waters of their natural and sulfur springs, flowing without hardship. 

The charming Egyptian oasis of Siwa is among the most famous winter tourist destinations worldwide, offering warmth and sunshine. 

Rated among the best sunny winter destinations for those who prefer warmer climates, Siwa is featured alongside 31 countries from various regions around the world, including the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, and Oman.

Siwa is a vast depression in the Libyan Desert, approximately 14 meters or 55 feet below sea level and stretching around 30 miles from east to west. It is bordered to the east by the Olive Oasis and to the west by the Maraqi villages, Buhayy Addin, and the Devil's Eye Lake. Its length from north to south is approximately 5 miles.

Farms and gardens occupy a quarter of the oasis area, and administratively, it includes several small, adjacent oases to its east and west.

The people of Siwa live in a city built atop a mountain, which they named Shali. Shali translates to "The City". The Siwa people are divided into two classes: the 'Ajwad and the Zaggala. The Ajwad are the families who own the gardens, whereas the Zaggala are the workers in these gardens. The Ajwad used to choose the Zaggala to farm their land and guard Shali at night.

Mountain of the Dead was discovered accidentally in 1944 during World War II, when the locals took refuge in the mountain and discovered the graves within. It's a conical-shaped mountain, 50 meters high, composed of limestone.

The mountain is essentially an ancient cemetery. Its fascinating landscape features tombs carved in a honeycomb pattern from the foot to the top, arranged in orderly and consecutive rows, reminiscent of the shape of the old oasis.

This ancient cemetery dates back to the 26th Dynasty and extends to the Ptolemaic and Roman eras. The tombs' design is a blend of ancient Egyptian and Greek art, an amalgamation that emerged due to the intermingling of cultures.

Some tombs are at a considerable depth, and one of the most beautiful tombs in the mountain is the Tomb of Si Amun. It belongs to a wealthy Greek man who followed the ancient Egyptian religion. He lived and was buried in Siwa according to that religion, and his tomb has been well preserved, boasting a collection of outstanding carvings.

There is another tomb called the "Crocodile Tomb", named after the etched drawings it features, mainly a yellow crocodile representing the god Sobek. 

In addition, there is another tomb called "Tomb of Buto", decorated with captivating drawings and carvings, predominantly painted in red, a color that is predominant in the pottery used in Siwa to this day.

Siwa has always been the subject of debate and research about Alexander the Great's tomb until today, and the city's residents are still surrounded by many doubts about the actual existence of the tomb in Siwa.

Amun Temple is located about 4 kilometers east of the city of Siwa. The temple, also known as the "Oracle" or "Prophecies" Temple, or "Alexander's" Temple, is one of the most important archaeological landmarks in the Siwa Oasis. It was established in the Pharaonic era to spread the religion of Amun among the neighboring tribes and peoples, due to Siwa's location as a hub for trade routes between the south and north, west and east of the desert.

The temple is located 4 kilometers east of Siwa city and is famous for being visited by the Macedonian commander Alexander the Great after he conquered Egypt in 331 BC. Historians have mentioned that the famous Greek oracle Amun lived there and was visited by Alexander the Great after he arrived in Egypt in 331 BC.

From inside the oasis on the northern side, the ancient city of Shali appears behind the city's grand mosque. The old city dates back thousands of years BC. 

Shali Castle is an ancient fortress built from mudbrick. It was constructed between the twelfth and thirteenth centuries to repel the attacks of the Arabs and nomadic tribes in the desert. Chaos reigned in the Western Desert after the era of the Roman Empire.