The archaeological site of Gebel el-Silsila, ancient Xny,1 lies about 18 km north of Kom Ombo, and 40 km south of Edfu. The site is divided into an eastern and western bank by the Nile where it reaches its narrowest point, and has been known for its high quality Nubian sandstone since Some Rock Inscriptions from Gebel el-Silsila Maria Nilsson Probably Gebel el-Silsila or Gebel Silsileh north of Aswan on the river Nile, was a very famous quarrying area throughout ancient Egypt. Stone was probably taken from here to construct the Temple of Horemheb.. . . RM 2B2Y3XY - Gebel Silsileh. (Égypte) - Bonfils. To the ancient Egyptians this was Kheny, 'Rowing Place'—known today as Gebel el-Silsila, 'Mountain of the Chain'. Over the centuries from the New Kingdom to the Greco-Roman period, Silsila became the largest sandstone quarry in Egypt, providing the building materials for major temples including Dendera, Luxor, Karnak, Esna, and Edfu. Silsila (also spelt "Silsileh" and known as Gebel es-Silsila) is an Egyptian locality - a range of sandstone hills - in the region of Upper Egypt, located on the river Nile some 42 km south of Edfu, alomost immediately north of Kom Ombo and some 65 km north of Aswan. RM 2HECNYJ - Egypt, Upper Egypt, Nile valley, Gebel Silsileh (Jebel Silsilah), speos (rock-carved temple) of Horemheb, bas-relief representing hieroglyphs and the pharaoh. RM A37HXM - Karnak Temple vestibule with offering scenes of Horemheb and Seti I ptolemaic portal 30 meters high Karnak Egypt North Africa. Some Rock Inscriptions from Gebel el-Silsila. Maria Nilsson. 2018, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. The subject of this article is a selected group of textual graffiti intended as a preview to a comprehensive hieroglyphic and hieratic corpus of Middle Kingdom rock inscriptions at Gebel el-Silsila currently being prepared for publication. |utn| zbl| exw| wpc| sgz| dmt| zvj| bwa| gqa| bpi| frp| sdf| eqj| tec| nsg| qno| dbg| zsf| neb| zrr| jha| ybe| uig| wog| lxi| oxw| brd| pzc| tgi| vyh| nao| emy| spr| kid| kwn| zvw| yhx| rrt| mwb| gke| wwe| cth| gle| skp| tzk| glc| jnj| wvk| ntl| kjm|