Exploring the Ancient Egyptian Quarry of Gebel el-Silsila

Exploring the Ancient Egyptian Quarry of Gebel el-Silsila #Gebel_elSilsila sandstone Quarry  The location is between Edfu in the north towards Lower Egypt and Kom Ombo in the south towards Upper Egypt. The name Kheny (or sometimes Khenu) means "The Place of Rowing". It was used as a major quarry site on both sides of the #Nile from at least the 18th Dynasty to #Greco_Roman times.  Silsila is famous for its New Kingdom stelai and cenotaphs. During the #18thdynasty the Egyptians switched from limestone to sandstone. At this time the quarries at Gebelein were not yielding as much limestone as before. Gebel el-Silsila became a source of #sandstone. The use of this stone allowed for the use of larger architraves. Many of the talatats used by #Akhenaten were quarried from here and used in buildings at Luxor and #Amarna. A stela from the early part of Akhenaten's reign shows the king offering to Amun beneath the winged sun-disk. The inscription records that stone was cut for the great Benben of Harakhty in #Thebes. Akhenaten's sculptor Bek oversaw the opening of a stone quarry here. The site provided numerous #stone #quarries on both the west and east sides of the Nile. The site contains many shrines erected by officials who would have been in charge of quarrying the stone. Almost all of Ancient Egypt's great temples derived their sandstone from here, such as #Karnak,#Luxor , #Ramesses III's Medinet #Habu, #KomOmbo, and the Ramesseum. #ilfaraone_galal Freelance Tour Guide Whatsapp : +2 01000527144 E-mail: [email protected] Blog: https://ilfaraonevero.wordpress.com/ FB page:   / galalviaggio   FB group:   / ilfaraonegalal   Instagram:   / ilfaraonegalal   Twitter:   / ahmed_galal555   Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.it/ahmedgalallu... #touroperator #cheops #piramide #cheope #Egypt #Egitto #travel #visitegypt #Visit_egypt #Visit_egitto #discoveregypt #ancientegypt #anticoegitto #tourguide #travelblogger #travelagent #travelagency #traveller #viaggio #viaggi #operators #touroperator