Gebel el-Silsila

Aswan Governorate · Egypt

Gebel el-Silsila, Egypt
Photo: Eliane Ceccon, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
October to April
Budget
$
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A Nile sandstone gorge that supplied stone for countless ancient temples, now lined with quarries, shrines and rock-cut chapels. Inscriptions and unfinished blocks record centuries of quarrying.

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