Gebel el-Silsila

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ancient Egyptian archaeological site ritual landscape sandstone quarry

Gebel el-Silsila is an ancient Egyptian sandstone quarry and ritual landscape along the Nile, renowned for supplying stone for major temples and featuring numerous rock-cut shrines and inscriptions.

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Gebel el-Silsila canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian archaeological site ⓘ
ritual landscape ⓘ
sandstone quarry ⓘ
associatedWith Amenhotep II ⓘ
surface form: Pharaoh Amenhotep II

Horemheb ⓘ
surface form: Pharaoh Horemheb

Merneptah ⓘ
surface form: Pharaoh Merenptah

Ramesses II ⓘ
surface form: Pharaoh Ramesses II

Pharaoh Seti I ⓘ
Thutmose III ⓘ
surface form: Pharaoh Thutmose III
country Egypt ⓘ
flourishedDuring 18th Dynasty ⓘ
19th Dynasty ⓘ
20th Dynasty ⓘ
function religious and ritual center ⓘ
state-controlled quarrying center ⓘ
transport hub for stone along the Nile ⓘ
hasModernExcavationBy Gebel el-Silsila Project ⓘ
hasPart ancient quarry faces ⓘ
east bank quarries ⓘ
harbor installations ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
processional routes ⓘ
rock reliefs ⓘ
rock-cut chapels ⓘ
rock-cut shrines ⓘ
stelae ⓘ
west bank quarries ⓘ
workmen’s settlements ⓘ
hasShrineDedicatedTo Amun ⓘ
Khnum ⓘ
Mut ⓘ
Sobek ⓘ
other Theban deities ⓘ
locatedBetween Edfu ⓘ
Kom Ombo ⓘ
locatedIn Upper Egypt ⓘ
locatedOn Nile ⓘ
surface form: Nile River
materialQuarried sandstone ⓘ
notableFeature extensive quarry marks and extraction trenches ⓘ
large number of hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ
narrowest point of the Nile in Egypt ⓘ
royal and private rock-cut chapels ⓘ
steep sandstone cliffs flanking the Nile ⓘ
partOf Aswan Governorate ⓘ
researchCoDirectedBy John Ward ⓘ
researchDirectedBy Maria Nilsson ⓘ
stoneSuppliedTo Temple of Edfu ⓘ
surface form: Edfu Temple

Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
surface form: Karnak Temple

Temple of Kom Ombo ⓘ
surface form: Kom Ombo Temple

Luxor Temple ⓘ
other major Nile temples ⓘ
timePeriod Pharaonic period ⓘ
Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Ptolemaic period

Roman period ⓘ
usedFor construction of ancient Egyptian temples ⓘ
construction of colossi ⓘ
construction of obelisks ⓘ
construction of pylons ⓘ
usedSince New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: New Kingdom

earlier Middle Kingdom ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amenhotep II → builtAt → Gebel el-Silsila ⓘ