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While the various rock-cut monuments along the Nile majestically testify to Gebel el-Silsila’s dynastic splendour, the site’s more recent ancient past is primarily represented through archaeology that is directly associated with the quarrying industry. The monumental quarries of the early Roman Period, seen on both East and West Banks, are of comparable visual magnificence to the Nile stelae (AE121) and the Speos of Hatshepsut (AE115). And of equal importance to our understanding of Gebel el-Silsila are the several villages and lookout-stations, with associated infrastructure, burials, and epigraphy.
The Late Period
After the demise of the New Kingdom, Kheny (the ancient name for Gebel el-Silsila) fell into almost complete oblivion; these dark ages would last until the end of the Ptolemaic Period, or perhaps as late as the early Roman Period, around the reign of the Emperor Augustus (c. 30 BC - AD14). Marking this transition was the destruction of the Temple of Sobek along with the eradication of all crocodile images, and also the demise of the town, the closure of its cemeteries and the discontinuation of both primary (official) and secondary (private) epigraphy.
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INSIDE THE STEP PYRAMID OF DJOSER
Sean McLachlan explores the recently reopened interior of this iconic Third Dynasty Saqqara monument.
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PER MESUT: for younger readers
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Highlights of the Manchester Museum 29: An Offering by Queen Tiye for her Husband
Campbell Price describes an offering table with a touching significance.
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Highlights Of The Manchester Museum 28: Busts Of Jesse And Marianne Haworth
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TAKABUTI, the Belfast Mummy
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Lost Golden City
An Egyptian Mission searching for the mortuary temple of Tutankhamun has discovered a settlement – “The Dazzling of Aten” – described as the largest city ever found in Egypt (see above). Finds bearing the cartouches of Amenhotep III (see opposite, top) date the settlement to his reign, c. 1390-1352 BC – making it about 3400 years old.
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Jerusalem's Survival, Sennacharib's Departure and the Kushite Role in 701 BCE: An Examination of Henry Aubin's Rescue of Jerusalem
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An Egyptian team working on a Sixth Dynasty pyramid complex near the Teti pyramid at Saqqara has made a series of important discoveries.
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