Watching the Tourist
Local Guardian watching a tourist on the west bankof the Nile at Gebel el Silsila.
Gebel Silsila is the name given to a rocky gorge between Kom O...
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Local Guardian watching a tourist on the west bankof the Nile at Gebel el Silsila.
Gebel Silsila is the name given to a rocky gorge between Kom Ombo and Edfu where the River Nile narrows and high sandstone cliffs come right down to the water’s edge. New Kingdom travellers developed the custom of carving small shrines into the cliffs here, dedicating them to a variety of Nile gods and to the river itself. Smaller shrines were cut by Tuthmose I, Hatshepsut and Tuthmose III..
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Gebel Silsila is the name given to a rocky gorge between Kom Ombo and Edfu where the River Nile narrows and high sandstone cliffs come right down to the water’s edge. New Kingdom travellers developed the custom of carving small shrines into the cliffs here, dedicating them to a variety of Nile gods and to the river itself. Smaller shrines were cut by Tuthmose I, Hatshepsut and Tuthmose III..
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