Rock-cut shrine, Gebel el-Silsila, Egypt
Rock-cut shrine with carved and painted decoration, and a niche on rear wall containing a statue, on a cliff 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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