There are several great figures in history who died young, one of them is Alexander the Great, who studied under Alexander and was one of the greatest military commanders in world history.

After Alexander the Great defeated the Persian Empire and entered ancient Egypt, in order to become a pharaoh who could be recognized by the ancient Egyptians, he personally led an army to go deep into the western desert to visit the Temple of Amon in the Siwa Oasis.

Before this, the Persians were also worried about this matter. Although they occupied ancient Egypt for two hundred years, the ancient Egyptians did not recognize the legitimacy of their rule, did not recognize the Persians as their own pharaohs, and also resisted for two hundred years.

In order to solve this problem, long before Alexander the Great, the Persians sent an army of up to 50,000 people into the western desert, and also wanted to find the Temple of Amon in the Siwa Oasis. If they could not get the God's Revelation, they would simply razed the temple to the ground.

The straight-line distance from Alexandria is about 500 kilometers from Siwa Oasis, not far from today's perspective, but in the hundreds of BC, the road was completely a dangerous barren land.

It is said that after the Persian army entered the western desert, it encountered a terrible storm. All 50,000 people were buried in yellow sand, and no one walked out of the desert alive... It sounded like a plot of a Mongolian army's fleet expedition to Fusang, which ended up being wiped out by the Kanfeng on the sea.

The talented and wise Emperor Alexander the Great even though he knew the lessons of the Persians, he set out on this road again without hesitation.

His army was also lost in the desert, but he seemed to be truly favored by the Egyptian gods. Two crows appeared before him and guided him. After a fantasy journey full of mythology, he finally arrived at Siwa Oasis. He received divine revelation in front of the statue of Amon and was recognized by the temple priest as the son of Amon, the son of the sun god, and officially became the pharaoh of ancient Egypt.

Why is the Amon Temple so high? Because the oracle of the Amon Temple is very accurate, but unfortunately I don’t know if Amon God foresaw the future of Alexander the Great’s untimely death.

The road from Mahru Port to Siwa Oasis is very boring, with only endless deserts and low bushes.

Lush green begins to appear at the end of the monotonous desert, and green fruits are born on the tall date palm trees. It will take about two months to mature. It will slowly turn from green to pink and then yellow, and finally turn into a red-brown with a wine-scented aroma.

The calm lakes reflected dazzling white light in the sunlight. The white flowers around the lake looked like frost and snow, which were the salt precipitated by the evaporation of moisture.

Siwa Oasis has arrived.

It took Zhang Zian just a few hours to cross the desert where the 50,000 Persian army was buried and almost buried Alexander the Great.

However, this is also the end of the road.

From here to west and south, there is no road left. At least there is no flat road, only the endless Sahara Desert.

There was gradually movement on the road. In addition to the buses carrying tourists occasionally passing by, the most common one was a donkey cart. A Berber man living in this oasis sat on a two-wheeled cart, wielding his whip to drive the donkey.

When Zhang Zi'an slowed down his car and looked curiously, the middle-aged man of the same age could not see a shy smile. In order to hide the shyness in front of strangers, he desperately beat the poor donkey.

If there are still a small number of tourists going to Port Mahru for the beautiful beaches, then there are very few tourists coming here. After all, the straight line distance from Roh is more than 700 kilometers, which is close to the Libyan border.

However, this does not mean that there is no sightseeing here. On the contrary, Siwa Oasis ranked 17th among the 50 natural wonders in the world selected by CNN, and is also the highest-ranked place in Egypt.

Due to the few tourists, the Berbers, the indigenous people here, are not as slick as the Egyptians in Cairo and Alexandria, retaining most of their simplicity.

A sudden hill is located next to the oasis. When Zhang Zi'an drove by, he noticed that the surface of the hill was covered with insect-like holes. This is the famous "mountain of the dead". There are many tombs from the Ptolemy period to the Roman period.

Siwa Oasis is about ten kilometers long and six to eight kilometers wide, with a permanent population of about 20,000. In winter, rich Europeans come here for vacation and winter.

Next to the highway is a yellow mud tile house with black font on the wall: Welcome to Siwa Oasis.

There are no tall buildings in the town, and the tallest building is about four floors, and it looks all covered in dust.

In the current off-season of tourism, there are not many people on the streets, and most of the hotels are empty. Donkey carts, motorcycles, tricycles, buses, pickup trucks and even convertibles are wandering around the streets. Seeing this chaotic traffic situation, you know that you have not left Egypt.

Salim parked in front and got off the car to ask Zhang Zian if he wanted to visit here. He was very familiar with this place and volunteered to act as a tour guide.

Zhang Zian also intends to visit Siwa Oasis to see what is worthy of praise for such a high rating by CNN, but he has a mission today. He first goes to the Bedouin tribe to contact the guide to enter the desert, and then visit Siwa if he has time.

Salim expressed his understanding and reminded him of what he had promised before, and returned to the car and continued driving forward.

Walking through the town, this time I really entered the desert no-man's land.

There is no serious road ahead, and the vast desert is visible in front of you. There are countless hills that do not grow in grass in the desert. Two cars rushed up the sand mountains and slid down the sand valley, almost like surfing in the sand sea. Long sand and dust rose behind each car, as if a tornado was blowing.

Zhang Zian, who was wearing a seat belt, was fine. The elves in the car did not wear seat belts and were fucked to the point of being confused, complaining whether he would drive.

I don’t know how long I have been driving in the desert and the Gobi, but Zhang Zian has already lost his way because he is all in the same shape and cannot tell the difference between hills and dunes. I just hope that Salim has not lost the Bedouin instinct to find the way and do not lead everyone deep into the desert.

Salim's car slowed down slowly, and he poked his arm out of the window, indicating that he was about to arrive at his destination.

A row of low sheds appeared in front of him. The Bedouin man holding a camel walked slowly in a long robe. The camel bells jingled, as if he was back to the world of 1,001 nights.

Zhang Zian and Salim stopped the car one after another.

There are also several off-road vehicles parked near the entrance of the village. Could it be that other tourists have also visited this Bedouin settlement?

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