Gebel el Silsila: Field report from the Main Quarry

Maria Nilsson; John Ward; Adrienn Almásy; Sarah Doherty

Gebel el Silsila: Field report from the Main Quarry

Maria Nilsson, John Ward, Adrienn Almásy, Sarah Doherty

Classical archaeology and ancient history

Lund University

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Abstract

The Gebel el Silsila Project is a multi-disciplinary Swedish mission dedicated to the study of the archaeological remains at Ancient Egypt’s largest sandstone quarry of Gebel el Silsila, Mountain of Chain, just north of Kom Ombo in the Aswan region. This paper presents a general summary of the epigraphical and archaeo-topographical survey of the largest quarry on the east bank – Quarry 34 or the Main Quarry.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	147-192
Journal	Journal of Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Archaeology
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 2015

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