Graffiti, Gebel el-Silsila, Egypt
Carved graffiti in a rock face, including a situla (bucket vessel), altar symbol and palm frond (left-right), at Gebel el-Silsila, an area of sandstone quarries used since the Middle Kingdom, 2034-1650 BC, beside the river Nile in Aswan Governorate, Egypt. The site contains over 100 quarries, the Speos of Horemheb temple built 1323-1295 BC, 32 rock-cut chapels c. 1479-1425 BC and other stelae and monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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1323-1295 1479-1425 2034-1650 Al-silsila As-silsila Aswan Chapels Contains El-silsila Frond Gabal Gebel Governorate Graffiti Horemheb Jabal Khenu Kheny Left-right Quarries Quarry Rock-cut Sandstone Silsila Silsileh Situla Speos Stelae
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