Quarries, Gebel el-Silsila, Egypt
Quarries at Gebel el-Silsila, an area of sandstone quarries beside the river Nile, used since the Middle Kingdom, 2034-1650 BC, 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
Picture No
14073241
Media ID
45699269
Size
8268px x 6096px
(15.9MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
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