Fayoum was part of the twenty regions of Upper Egypt provinces during the Pharaonic era and was the capital of Ahnasia. When it flourished, its name became Barsin, meaning the house of the crocodile, which was worshiped at that time. It also has a rural, coastal, desert and urban environment – so Fayoum is considered one of the tourist attractions in Egypt. The name came in the late texts of the Pharaonic era as Bayum, meaning lake or water, then it was mentioned in Coptic as Fayoum and in Arabic as Fayoum after the introduction of the definite article.

Keman Faris is the remains of the ancient city of Shedt, which means reclaimed, which is the name of the ancient Fayoum in the Pharaonic era. Fayoum has more than one name, such as “Ta Shi”, which means the land of the lake, “Mar War”, which means the great sea, then “Arsinoe”, the queen, wife of Ptolemy II, then “Crocodilepolis”, which means the city of the crocodile because the crocodile is the main god of Fayoum.