tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4650086446029173412024-03-06T02:10:05.767+02:00Gebel el-Silsila Projectgebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyprojecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00867815937748905584noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-465008644602917341.post-26173601535576360682023-06-23T21:12:00.006+03:002023-06-23T21:13:34.587+03:00Volume I of the Swedish Expedition to Gebel el-Silsila - the Greek inscriptions<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh23CotZo3acpnbZQiYKvSmP28ANHJrnIA5ZnCTHtUVd35_p-fWcwN6gL_0PIs9xMF68MN10gRQkZs1Vm55lzfUWcwDkwJguqen6B0rAU8WPCBeyzcil98jNcHxNGgginW83PcLw0dc_gwUMThguluEkkQxcpla0YUYNC8LAhkeQ4tGv1507yKzZ1zEO3ge/s2339/9789004540682_proof_cover_cmyk_v1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: #fff2cc;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1731" data-original-width="2339" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh23CotZo3acpnbZQiYKvSmP28ANHJrnIA5ZnCTHtUVd35_p-fWcwN6gL_0PIs9xMF68MN10gRQkZs1Vm55lzfUWcwDkwJguqen6B0rAU8WPCBeyzcil98jNcHxNGgginW83PcLw0dc_gwUMThguluEkkQxcpla0YUYNC8LAhkeQ4tGv1507yKzZ1zEO3ge/s320/9789004540682_proof_cover_cmyk_v1.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: #444444; color: #fff2cc;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: #444444; color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Finally, after many years of analyses and continuous documentation, we are incredibly proud to present the first volume of our monographic series called </span><a href="https://brill.com/display/serial/SEGS" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">The Swedish Expedition to Gebel el-Silsila </a><span style="font-family: arial;">. T</span><span style="font-family: arial;">he first publication focuses on the </span><a href="https://brill.com/display/title/64454" style="font-family: arial;" target="_blank">Greek inscriptions on the East bank</a><span style="font-family: arial;">:</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #444444; color: #fff2cc; font-family: arial;">For the first time, this book presents the complete collection of Greek inscriptions of Gebel el-Silsila East – Ancient Egypt’s largest and most important sandstone quarry, including lists of names and professions of individuals involved in the quarry expeditions. The inscriptions are described, illustrated and analysed and placed within their archaeological context based on careful documentation <i style="box-sizing: inherit;">in situ</i> with up-to-date methodology. The work makes substantial contributions in the form of novel and improved readings and interpretations of known texts and of the new publication of texts discovered through the fieldwork. It is the first volume of three dealing with Graeco-Roman inscriptions on the east bank, with the following two volumes to cover the demotic texts and quarry marks respectively.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: #444444; color: #fff2cc; font-family: arial;">Based on the generous support from the <a href="https://www.htbibl.lu.se/en/researcher/research-publications/open-access/" target="_blank">Libraries of the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology</a>, we have been able to publish this first volume in open access, available for free <a href="https://brill.com/display/title/64454" target="_blank">download</a>. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: #444444; color: #fff2cc; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #444444; color: #fff2cc; font-family: arial;">The preface reads:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: #fff2cc; font-family: arial;">The starting point for the
comprehensive study of Graeco-Roman epigraphy at Gebel el-Silsila was a
spontaneous visit in 2007 as part of a larger research journey, when the
authors were astounded by the enormous amount of engraved symbolic quarry marks
and their textual context. It became evident that the previous canon of
Graeco-Roman graffiti, published by W. Spiegelberg and F. Preisgke in 1915 (<i>Graff. Silsile</i>), was in need of revision
in order to present a complete corpus. Also, R. A. Caminos’ collated material
and any hypotheses based thereon remained unpublished and unavailable for the
public. For this, J. Ward and M. Nilsson made a series of field surveys in the following
years and, at the time of the Egyptian revolution (2011), they had accumulated
more than 3000 quarry marks and nearly 800 Greek and demotic textual graffiti. Following
new regulations in 2012, they were granted the concession to lead a new
epigraphic expedition. The first field season took place in September 2012, where
they were joined by A. Almásy as demotist, Shihat Mohammadin as driver/cook/helper
of all kinds and Mr. Ashraf as the assigned inspector. The documentation
continued during the following three years in the field, followed by
post-processing in the office. The current monograph is the first volume of
three dealing with Graeco-Roman epigraphy on the east bank of Gebel el-Silsila.
The following two volumes will cover the demotic texts and quarry marks respectively.
Demotic texts and quarry marks will be included within the current volume as
contextual documents, but will not receive special commentary, which is
reserved for their respective publications. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: #fff2cc; font-family: arial;">The
authors would like to thank the Permanent Committee and the Ministry of Tourism
and Antiquities, Dr. Mostafa Waziri and Dr. Khaled El-Anani, for
granting the concession to work at Gebel el-Silsila. Special gratitude needs to
be offered to Dr. Abdel Moniem, General Director of Aswan and Nubia, who
put at the disposal of the expedition his generosity, understanding, and
efficiency. His official director Mr. Mostafa Bedawi, and all the inspectors,
especially Ashraf Mohamed, Mohamed Ibrahim and Mohamed Mohsen, have been
nothing but supportive and helpful and are considered part of the ‘Silsila
family’. This is true also for the entire Silsila team and our respective families!
We owe special gratitude to Prof. Willy Clarysse, Dr. Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
and Mr. Cary Martin for their valuable comments, advice and proof reading,
without which this volume would not have been completed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: #fff2cc; font-family: arial;">Of
course, none of this work would have been possible without financial patrons,
for which acknowledgement and thankfulness is due to <a href="https://www.vr.se/" target="_blank">Vetenskapsrådet</a>
(#2015-00291; #2015-00291), <a href="https://www.rj.se/" target="_blank">Riksbankens Jubileumsfond </a>(P19-0860), <a href="https://www.crafoord.se/" target="_blank">Crafoordska Stiftelsen</a>
(20140509; 20160607), <a href="https://www.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/en/" target="_blank">Gerda Henkel Stiftung </a>(AZ 58-V-15), <a href="https://www.vitterhetsakademien.se/forskningsstod/utlysningar/utlysningar/2022-01-25-stiftelsen-gosta-och-susi-enboms-donationsfond.html" target="_blank">Vitterhetsakademin</a>
(Enboms stiftelse), <a href="https://www.magnbergvallsstiftelse.nu/" target="_blank">Magnus Bergvalls stiftelse</a>, <a href="https://www.larshiertasminne.se/" target="_blank">Lars Hiertas Minne</a>, <a href="https://www.haxsonj.se/index.html" target="_blank">HelgeAx:son Johnsons stiftelse</a>, <a href="https://www.rausing.org/birgit-gad-rausing/" target="_blank">Birgit & Gad Rausings Stiftelse,</a> <a href="https://www.anerstiftelsen.com/" target="_blank">Gunvor ochJosef Anérs Stiftelse</a>, and <a href="https://www.kva.se/" target="_blank">Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences.</a> </span></p><p><span style="background-color: #444444; color: #fff2cc;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: #444444; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: arial;">Table of Contents</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: #444444; font-family: Brill, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;">PREFACE
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: #444444; font-family: Brill, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #444444; color: #fff2cc;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyprojecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00867815937748905584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-465008644602917341.post-50348193901677531302022-06-01T12:58:00.004+02:002022-06-01T12:58:34.803+02:00GEBEL EL-SILSILA THROUGH THE AGES PART 2: THE MIDDLE KINGDOM<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqGkQ2MOXRcNXwColONOa1sV_UQHL4QXXc4PcBZ0D7mo_UqP3IH7h0ZC-a7Jh08JZBBXnEmk6ttrMi_vuAofT4OtsfDktuzNts-zoRWtGiYfQZMtX-fSJ8P7frTCJRaafsjKDQL3Ke7gVYRyDrqmA7F-4RZP8W27oqJRndqKGYQfyqxNLOB1VluSEBdQ/s8688/landscape%20of%20Shatt%20el-Rigal.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="5792" data-original-width="8688" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqGkQ2MOXRcNXwColONOa1sV_UQHL4QXXc4PcBZ0D7mo_UqP3IH7h0ZC-a7Jh08JZBBXnEmk6ttrMi_vuAofT4OtsfDktuzNts-zoRWtGiYfQZMtX-fSJ8P7frTCJRaafsjKDQL3Ke7gVYRyDrqmA7F-4RZP8W27oqJRndqKGYQfyqxNLOB1VluSEBdQ/w640-h426/landscape%20of%20Shatt%20el-Rigal.JPG" title="The landscape of Shatt el-Rigal in the northern part of Gebel el-Silsila, where many hundreds of Middle Kingdom rock inscriptions have been discovered." width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The landscape of Shatt el-Rigal in
the northern part of Gebel el-Silsila, where many hundreds of Middle Kingdom
rock inscriptions have been discovered.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Gebel el-Silsila was an important
quarrying site from earliest times, offering a plentiful supply of good quality
sandstone for pharaoh’s building projects, as well as being a vital strategic
trading point on the boundary between Egypt and Nubia. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b>A Continuation of Rock Art</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">As we highlighted in our previous
article (AE113), since earliest times, people coming to Gebel el-Silsila have
left their marks on the rock faces. Moving from prehistory to early history, it
is evident that early dynastic rock art is less common than during previous
periods. With the development of the hieroglyphic and hieratic scripts, there
is instead a clear change from pictographic images to textual rock
inscriptions, which normally consist of names and titles. When rock art is found,
the early dynastic repertoire reproduces many of the previous motifs, including
hunting scenes (men, dogs, and captured animals), designs from the natural
fauna, boats, and so on. New for Gebel el-Silsila in this period is the
appearance of footprints or sandals, and anthropomorphic figures are portrayed
not only as hunters, but are also shown in praising positions, and soon
thereafter as deities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">By the beginning of the Middle
Kingdom (c. 2055 BC), figural rock art had developed into complex scenes, exemplified
in a panel in the southern-most part of the West Bank. The scene depicts a
human figure with raised arms, a dog, and several horned animals – a
traditional hunting scene – but with the addition of several birds identified
by John Wyatt as ostriches, and a crowning circle, most likely representing the
sun. Thus, sun worship has arrived at Gebel el-Silsila.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9PtK2eGbwYZrRJ0I5f_MxxCqkpEHH6x_qmSbs4ltm5g5Wo3WFTRT66G2-pMNTuDzqGDsu2dsXlokv6NoF4Yq0co7HcC2PDl8zjEP2PcHvxTD0zPj2pZ9jTYh_fWmnaRhqTn3m5Q8mzc4xhVwC1P3GBH95xr5VwEGtVMke85bEkvcN1yInyX2f6lpvkA/s5184/Pepi.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9PtK2eGbwYZrRJ0I5f_MxxCqkpEHH6x_qmSbs4ltm5g5Wo3WFTRT66G2-pMNTuDzqGDsu2dsXlokv6NoF4Yq0co7HcC2PDl8zjEP2PcHvxTD0zPj2pZ9jTYh_fWmnaRhqTn3m5Q8mzc4xhVwC1P3GBH95xr5VwEGtVMke85bEkvcN1yInyX2f6lpvkA/w400-h266/Pepi.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWbU3zNr9F-XVBxxWem_8jMknhMKZTlpXowSIrrZNcKUfcL3iWeZlub5iYtz7ZZpWUfMpRaXrGsX4v70WlNgdWQbQ_2WkmfddktqsYOw2JxhwI1MnLTekfJbMQg03b4nXOL_wDB6pRN3HWB8dkb99kbKH0ddvA-PRqVoYWJ-3ndBNmxR300m0JSDd7A/s2876/Pepi%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="2876" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWbU3zNr9F-XVBxxWem_8jMknhMKZTlpXowSIrrZNcKUfcL3iWeZlub5iYtz7ZZpWUfMpRaXrGsX4v70WlNgdWQbQ_2WkmfddktqsYOw2JxhwI1MnLTekfJbMQg03b4nXOL_wDB6pRN3HWB8dkb99kbKH0ddvA-PRqVoYWJ-3ndBNmxR300m0JSDd7A/w400-h189/Pepi%20(2).jpg" title="The cartouche of Pepy I of the Sixth Dynasty (top), with a drawing for clarity (below). This is the earliest hieroglyphic inscription found at Gebel el-Silsila, found on the West Bank at Rock Inscription Site 8." width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">When Gebel el-Silsila Became Kheny<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The ancient Egyptian name of Gebel
el-Silsila was Kheny or Khenu </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQHNxoUyXXniI-TC0Ea5i-etWIvv6o2J_Vn97InTLy8LltJDlayDcHUM0ssD3kIRQztfvkx2otCMO3Fi3Uu2LRKi5Iga3V3Tqp5yzFXMgV14iRevKc54seMzlshjrnVdln53kX902k9Uu-Aop7i7JUdXF2oEjcIL_TSXDOZMzUuHHLm7lCeWoGTH1cyw/s118/kheny.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="64" data-original-width="118" height="49" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQHNxoUyXXniI-TC0Ea5i-etWIvv6o2J_Vn97InTLy8LltJDlayDcHUM0ssD3kIRQztfvkx2otCMO3Fi3Uu2LRKi5Iga3V3Tqp5yzFXMgV14iRevKc54seMzlshjrnVdln53kX902k9Uu-Aop7i7JUdXF2oEjcIL_TSXDOZMzUuHHLm7lCeWoGTH1cyw/w89-h49/kheny.png" width="89" /></a></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">which is generally translated as the “Rowing
Place”, but could equally signify the “Mouth of the River”. Its earliest
attestation is a reference from a Fourth Dynasty mastaba at Dahshur belonging
to prince Iynefer, son of Sneferu. Shortly thereafter the earliest hieroglyphic
inscription at Gebel el- Silsila itself appears: a cartouche of Pepy I, located
along the main cenotaph pathway on the West Bank (Rock Inscription Site
GeSW.RIS.8). Surrounding this royal name is a vast number of Middle Kingdom
signatures as well as a couple of Predynastic giraffes, and graffiti from later
visitors to the site. No other Old Kingdom texts have been confirmed thus far.
It is plausible that the site had already become a state-controlled quarry by
this time, considering Pepy’s other quarry expeditions to Nubia. However, the
strategic location of Gebel el-Silsila, with a clear line of sight in all
directions, may also have inspired the army to set up a camp there and use the
site as a for- ward base for military campaigns into Nubia.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCQIbFlDbLYW35eEPRwTUeDbMXdD7aqRv2i5Se4bMT7GOplnYFAw2Q7TafKOrQQf-n2vi6dwCS8BcQhE_hsjl4K3NZS4PpI5NZ6NZqqB-6r0cPMbAHqt6vL015KonDdh7ryj00zS-4KAAUacGLd8P3M42fsQe6PS2Zw_1Xv3HD6fLSnPdFMgDPkq_zYw/s5184/IMG_2530.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCQIbFlDbLYW35eEPRwTUeDbMXdD7aqRv2i5Se4bMT7GOplnYFAw2Q7TafKOrQQf-n2vi6dwCS8BcQhE_hsjl4K3NZS4PpI5NZ6NZqqB-6r0cPMbAHqt6vL015KonDdh7ryj00zS-4KAAUacGLd8P3M42fsQe6PS2Zw_1Xv3HD6fLSnPdFMgDPkq_zYw/w426-h640/IMG_2530.JPG" title="A complex Middle Kingdom scene from the southern-most part of the West Bank which depicts a traditional hunting scene – but with the addition of several birds identified as ostriches, and a crowning circle at the top, most likely representing the sun; this is evidence of sun worship at Gebel el-Silsila during this period." width="426" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">The name Kheny occurs again in a Middle
Kingdom papyrus, acquired in Thebes at the end of the nineteenth century by
Charles Edwin Wilbour. This text later came into the possession of the Brooklyn
Museum, and was labelled as Papyrus Brooklyn 35.1446. Written in black ink
hieratic, line 21 gives the name of a fugitive of the state called “Hemenusra,
son of Khnumhotep” and describes him as a “man of Rokhen(y) of the department
of the plough-lands of …”. The topographic name is generally accepted as
denoting “Kheny”, marking the border with Nubia, at Egypt’s south- ern-most
point.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Another text, Papyrus Berlin 10495,
provides us with the topographic name of Kheny in a list of seventeen Middle
Kingdom fortresses. Here the site is again considered the boundary between
Egypt and Nubia, but now marking the northern-most fortress in Nubia. The two
references to Gebel el-Silsila as a boundary between Egypt and Nubia are supported
on site as well, epigraphically, geologically and archaeologically. As we will
see below, Rock Inscription Sites 11-12 are situated at the edge of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">mountainscape</i> on the plateau, and
overlook the entire plain to the south, which today is agricultural land
stretching all the way down to the Roman Ras Ras Temple (just south of Gebel
el-Silsila, north of Kom Ombo). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3lmiEhLxa-sN0oulWRLjLMMvf63JMNfuo1NE3Gc8pJEaxmkgBRZ8vRgQ_2lqU-Lfzc1RvMMdtU0mU5FEuGVKVIU-V6trxwOn0FDdxdelHlPuThfjXMVMuVNv4CMLj-hVvbHdAKl8w7KyBbFKae0teVneVWNl3a5pssFAVBCfmMJ-dcEjCFZ3IPPWohw/s5640/Part%20of%20the%20MK%20road.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3760" data-original-width="5640" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3lmiEhLxa-sN0oulWRLjLMMvf63JMNfuo1NE3Gc8pJEaxmkgBRZ8vRgQ_2lqU-Lfzc1RvMMdtU0mU5FEuGVKVIU-V6trxwOn0FDdxdelHlPuThfjXMVMuVNv4CMLj-hVvbHdAKl8w7KyBbFKae0teVneVWNl3a5pssFAVBCfmMJ-dcEjCFZ3IPPWohw/w640-h426/Part%20of%20the%20MK%20road.jpg" title="Part of the wide paved Middle Kingdom road, which runs through several sections of the area - here mostly covered in sand débris" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Thus, the Rock Inscription Sites mark a natural
boundary in the south, which is perhaps why they were marked with several
cartouches of Senusret I, the Twelfth Dynasty king who first extended Egypt’s
southern border. The natural boundary is also marked in the geological
formation of the gorge which, when the Nile’s waters receded after the
inundation, became like a cataract which people and animals could safely cross.
Epigraphically, the team has located a Middle Kingdom inscription giving the
name of an “overseer of the fortress”, which supports the information given in
Papyrus Berlin 10495. Additionally, the team has recently identified a
structure that may have functioned as a fortress, which will be excavated next
season.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfWz5rItpX4GKUdCy7XH18BSXg2O5dEh2IWD1X0aQ-Uy3kl9C9VC8VRRNXXtFizi5rADUf3Gfw1GKnv_-wd4b5R6cqVG0ido3ggURgJa4MR-fsIXfMFIA7Co-7ui8VHSNg1WwFLu9nJZ-G_jXokZn5bvU4sO9gYMt-2Bx7AShD95dwZSbvdWY4U56EPA/s5760/Surveying%20the%20MK%20Road%20%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="5760" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfWz5rItpX4GKUdCy7XH18BSXg2O5dEh2IWD1X0aQ-Uy3kl9C9VC8VRRNXXtFizi5rADUf3Gfw1GKnv_-wd4b5R6cqVG0ido3ggURgJa4MR-fsIXfMFIA7Co-7ui8VHSNg1WwFLu9nJZ-G_jXokZn5bvU4sO9gYMt-2Bx7AShD95dwZSbvdWY4U56EPA/w640-h426/Surveying%20the%20MK%20Road%20%20(2).jpg" title="Surveying the Middle Kingdom road" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Middle Kingdom Activity<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">There are several focal points for
the ongoing epigraphic and archaeological documentation of Middle Kingdom sig-
natures and activity in the region. The area under investigation begins at the
famous Wadi Shatt el-Rigal in the north and meanders along the Nile and the plateau
to the far south of Gebel el- Silsila (West Bank) where the mountain meets the
agricultural belt. Sections of a wide paved road survive throughout this area,
and several inscriptions have been documented on the horizontal rock surface,
next to the piles of stone created during the preparation work for the building
of the road (clearing of the road surface).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW9hTyLj328YkEutcrqyvYLTcmlAGU2pMq5MdpEp7YgaUX8EsYnc55gk9rCZD0cGASkFo5wxb6NHvkbLsbtG3Lsg56uooTEcutII_RJVNOra0jyhZbmsZfk6v0-9Lv-bZJxCUR--G-WtDWRWhFo-SlvNAitPPvCzFcDiFl2O1fX2GqUO-QG11gJPSBNg/s5184/continuation%20of%20the%20road.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW9hTyLj328YkEutcrqyvYLTcmlAGU2pMq5MdpEp7YgaUX8EsYnc55gk9rCZD0cGASkFo5wxb6NHvkbLsbtG3Lsg56uooTEcutII_RJVNOra0jyhZbmsZfk6v0-9Lv-bZJxCUR--G-WtDWRWhFo-SlvNAitPPvCzFcDiFl2O1fX2GqUO-QG11gJPSBNg/w640-h426/continuation%20of%20the%20road.JPG" title="continuation of the Middle Kingdom road" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Since Petrie’s studies at the site,
several scholars have documented Middle Kingdom presence in the north,
naturally focusing on the cliff-faces adjacent with the monumental scene of
Mentuhotep II. However, despite the efforts of Caminos and his students in the
1980s, barely any of the texts strewn across the landscape of Gebel el-Silsila
have been published. To rectify this, our team began a larger archaeological
study in 2013, which led to the discovery of hundreds of signatures and shorter
texts that occasionally provide us with information regarding the geographic
origin and profession of individuals and their activity in the region. From
this, we have been able to create a directory of several individuals active on
site during the Eleventh and Twelfth Dynasties. Two areas of Middle Kingdom
activity will be summarised here: ‘Pottery Hill’ (= Rock Inscription Site 9)
and ‘Senusret’s Rocks’ (= Rock Inscription Sites 11-12).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Pottery Hill – GeSW.RIS.9<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8750AZcjSY-8nJ5ppqPLsGf_zXGykKFKeNFtg5IxowRtppwjJO7BtZMwC4dm7GAGdT80eplpNR0tM51pfYKnPMQBepOAjxQJl0--xsNB9bvcEpprM4FDgLpNqlvUSoflzgUsMhnYalzZYw-zxILFeIcPXPApO9LtPhq4Tpf-Jbr1vjK1ZBLClMTJPyg/s5184/View%20from%20Pottery%20Hill.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8750AZcjSY-8nJ5ppqPLsGf_zXGykKFKeNFtg5IxowRtppwjJO7BtZMwC4dm7GAGdT80eplpNR0tM51pfYKnPMQBepOAjxQJl0--xsNB9bvcEpprM4FDgLpNqlvUSoflzgUsMhnYalzZYw-zxILFeIcPXPApO9LtPhq4Tpf-Jbr1vjK1ZBLClMTJPyg/w640-h426/View%20from%20Pottery%20Hill.JPG" title="View from Pottery Hill" width="640" /></a></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Several inscriptions are situated
in an area known to the team as Pottery Hill, which is a small mound containing
a cluster of twenty-eight stone huts that were used by the quarry workers for
storage. It is located on the plateau above a quarry harbour on the west bank.
The nickname Pottery Hill derives from the fact that the mound is littered with
pottery: thousands and thousands of sherds that bear witness to a once very
active site. The team’s archaeo-ceramicist Dr. Sarah K. Doherty carried out an
analysis of this pottery and discovered the majority was used for the storage
of food and liquids. As with all archaeological sites, material visible on the
surface belongs to the last phase of activity; at Pottery Hill the pottery
primarily dates to the Roman Period. However, immediately below and to the
north of the texts – and they run from north to south, reading from the right.
The team recently published a selection of these texts, providing us with the names
and professions of several visitors:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZvuQnWSLzJBiUs37HfL3gDeGL-S-A0sRL4eH0GEoViSmPLkFqWCJ81mhu5Qv5H_2UJfbIhbjcbUXNv1KfmaEhkyObzuavXlswHd25VBygEB6LXGHGUgOOC58J7vFyWxkP3B5bpODaAgiMrgrY0xdlrxdYHslQzuGmk8VkLx3ufCVlyePCiv-eRWWm2Q/s8688/Artistic%20view%20of%20RIS%209.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5792" data-original-width="8688" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZvuQnWSLzJBiUs37HfL3gDeGL-S-A0sRL4eH0GEoViSmPLkFqWCJ81mhu5Qv5H_2UJfbIhbjcbUXNv1KfmaEhkyObzuavXlswHd25VBygEB6LXGHGUgOOC58J7vFyWxkP3B5bpODaAgiMrgrY0xdlrxdYHslQzuGmk8VkLx3ufCVlyePCiv-eRWWm2Q/w640-h426/Artistic%20view%20of%20RIS%209.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghxA_bcBOWSvXkQfjPOI7JEEWO2JtFapf4vfDYNT6amgge91Q4bYGMlzQJk4oi5JLYO8eYWKR0fDbF4chKypN8QuGkBazNowRJdz8R5ucgeU5LddS-H6vEbEhceZkUTjQ8dB-ONl_kR67bQ8KCn4Oy9fZyd9IL0CfaIchrLi1kQP78oMWjKje9OCYLFw/s2351/Facsimile%20RIS%209.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="2351" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghxA_bcBOWSvXkQfjPOI7JEEWO2JtFapf4vfDYNT6amgge91Q4bYGMlzQJk4oi5JLYO8eYWKR0fDbF4chKypN8QuGkBazNowRJdz8R5ucgeU5LddS-H6vEbEhceZkUTjQ8dB-ONl_kR67bQ8KCn4Oy9fZyd9IL0CfaIchrLi1kQP78oMWjKje9OCYLFw/w640-h364/Facsimile%20RIS%209.jpg" title="Facsimile RIS 9" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">“Seal-bearer (or treasurer) of the
God, Ihawka”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">“Expedition leader, Sobek-hotep”
“Overseer of the southern quarry,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Thenn”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">“Overseer of the southern quarry,
Khonsu-hotep”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">“Overseer of the southern quarry,
Ankhemara”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">“… of the southern quarry, director
of the crew, Ptah-Seshem”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">“Quarry inspector Meru”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Several of the names already occur
during the Old Kingdom, but other names, such as Meru, are certainly names only
found from the Middle Kingdom, for which a Middle Kingdom date has been
proposed. The team believes these texts belong to a group of high-ranking
officials involved in the quarry expeditions. In addition to the texts, there
are depictions of two boats, one of which is similar to a vessel occasionally
used as a determinative for the place-name of Kheny. The
presence of two boats may emphasise the nature of the expedition or specify the
professions of the men listed. For example, the title is a frequent nautical
title, used by the crew leader, which presumably from Gebel el-Silsila by ship.
Moreover, the word translated here as ‘quarry’ may incorporate a reference to
the nautical element of quarry work, that is a hill, the paved road and its
series of inscriptions indicate there was already activity at Pottery Hill
during the Middle Kingdom.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje5YYO1Xc9u88shGLuqNXei8ns1xx5iQrGcVNl-TtCOhEmzc3K-gEGPJtkw47U63fJC9jeAihpyEXbAB4XgPkcUebMDswVXHSvtNP_y3DL6MyOzB40zHpXfDrnoj24fjEDj1Z5D9rTC7L3LbmgrOMZCcR0Tqk7q8tNO7_1sgR4v27TwMgzy6k946vHkQ/s5184/Bargue%20at%20Pottery%20Hill%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje5YYO1Xc9u88shGLuqNXei8ns1xx5iQrGcVNl-TtCOhEmzc3K-gEGPJtkw47U63fJC9jeAihpyEXbAB4XgPkcUebMDswVXHSvtNP_y3DL6MyOzB40zHpXfDrnoj24fjEDj1Z5D9rTC7L3LbmgrOMZCcR0Tqk7q8tNO7_1sgR4v27TwMgzy6k946vHkQ/w640-h426/Bargue%20at%20Pottery%20Hill%20(2).JPG" title="One of the two rock carvings of a boat found at Pottery Hill. The style of boat is similar to the hieroglyphic determinative for the place name ‘Kheny’" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The texts are arranged neatly together
on a smooth, horizontal rock surface, in an area cleared from pebbles and sand,
adjacent to a large stone pile. They are positioned so as to be read from the
road and Pottery Hill – that is for a person standing to the east of the
quarried harbour or a quay associated with the quarries. Such a harbour is
located immediately below Pottery Hill. There is also a standing figure of the
local hippopotamus-goddess Tausret (although severely eroded) as well as a
footprint/sandal print with a Middle Kingdom signature. The text inside the
footprint is poorly preserved and very faded, but the style of the owl-sign is
identical to those of adjacent Middle Kingdom texts, confirming its Middle
Kingdom date. While feet and sandal graffiti occur frequently during later
dynastic periods, the Gebel el- Silsila graffito is unique in confirming the
existence of footprint carvings as early as the Middle Kingdom.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLwEvlCJE4vGsoFocRFsTZDxDGvn309hKtmykVUKWARADbxIX5g2Dkth2puvB6u2ga7fN375o3QZvtxCnIWuvOU4XMZIuvHBwEKiWfl-JelVJVlglNPnzl28Uq5-0G-eSM3VVJWl3mKgMUfuF8ZQk5FK0yTHE-PX4urv-86k9zPY6nMtlhx1qFlZtcbg/s5184/Faded%20figure%20of%20Tawosret.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLwEvlCJE4vGsoFocRFsTZDxDGvn309hKtmykVUKWARADbxIX5g2Dkth2puvB6u2ga7fN375o3QZvtxCnIWuvOU4XMZIuvHBwEKiWfl-JelVJVlglNPnzl28Uq5-0G-eSM3VVJWl3mKgMUfuF8ZQk5FK0yTHE-PX4urv-86k9zPY6nMtlhx1qFlZtcbg/w426-h640/Faded%20figure%20of%20Tawosret.JPG" title="Faded figure of Tawosret" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheNjbL3UVUAdh6tfiDgYfWRsEQbKIVKby_43oNpt9vZIGlANND9-F2n8rW9zm7600RAbAEGP2-IFj8DJdiYMw3ODcZz3Wv_tzSdOykbo06hVj_Yc0mItCw01OiPYcu7_1rVtbkysHJK3lC8FMPQcswQd_Z3WqzAyOHQPmgJstiop63TmGIpA0au0r4Dg/s5184/Middle%20Kingdom%20Footprint%20with%20signature%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheNjbL3UVUAdh6tfiDgYfWRsEQbKIVKby_43oNpt9vZIGlANND9-F2n8rW9zm7600RAbAEGP2-IFj8DJdiYMw3ODcZz3Wv_tzSdOykbo06hVj_Yc0mItCw01OiPYcu7_1rVtbkysHJK3lC8FMPQcswQd_Z3WqzAyOHQPmgJstiop63TmGIpA0au0r4Dg/w426-h640/Middle%20Kingdom%20Footprint%20with%20signature%20(2).JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><o:p></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZjjeaAFb5w4c9FAEc34mn40dINlUXAezNEhJ9N2BsUp8yprm-NfVXCfiAu3h0Nk7_iCnCmdEqan0QRZqyHQ9fY0esnyebOVYXhSB1c_8TTuvigO9bEgCEm95TfiRXx0ydEbzoKqNn3XX4Q95nQ6IJTIOCiXeh7fFRcQ8ejPSHOS_BJMfwDLSfNoWWGw/s5184/pile%20of%20stones%20from%20clearing%20the%20road,%20with%20several%20MK%20texts%20on%20the%20floor.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZjjeaAFb5w4c9FAEc34mn40dINlUXAezNEhJ9N2BsUp8yprm-NfVXCfiAu3h0Nk7_iCnCmdEqan0QRZqyHQ9fY0esnyebOVYXhSB1c_8TTuvigO9bEgCEm95TfiRXx0ydEbzoKqNn3XX4Q95nQ6IJTIOCiXeh7fFRcQ8ejPSHOS_BJMfwDLSfNoWWGw/w640-h426/pile%20of%20stones%20from%20clearing%20the%20road,%20with%20several%20MK%20texts%20on%20the%20floor.JPG" title="pile of stones from clearing the road, with several MK texts on the floor" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Senusret’s Rock – GeSW.RIS.11-12<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The Rock Inscription Site known to
the team as Senusret’s Rock is located in the far south of Gebel el-Silsila, at
the edge of the plateau overlooking the agricultural plain. The boulder- like
outcrop that makes up the RIS displays a total of forty-two pictorial and
textual engravings, ranging from Predynastic petroglyphs to Roman game boards.
A vast number, though, are Middle Kingdom texts providing us, again, with the
names and (sometimes) professions of the people once active on site. Among the
more important texts are three repetitions of the birth and throne names of
Senusret I, two of which are oriented towards the east, and the third
southwards. The best example is a horizontal cartouche situated on a vertical,
south-facing cliff-face of locale GeSW.RIS.12. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhQTtj3EUZJJB_HA88RzVbirN7yGSmw2ANfOhbR1rkhjxu1v0SZcWFN6VkxdQiUpJfN62s8uFJJoAfKkir3A7MYOHocIKBU_8ReGffTZXgs8VbI2ey3jc6VFNKBC1vr-ZpxWWWt6FEfc6Dlus8o_ITuW9EgcENlM0ckHr8TcjH4pn8Hd9TJRKuTRvq8g/s2590/Senusret%20cartouche%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="2590" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhQTtj3EUZJJB_HA88RzVbirN7yGSmw2ANfOhbR1rkhjxu1v0SZcWFN6VkxdQiUpJfN62s8uFJJoAfKkir3A7MYOHocIKBU_8ReGffTZXgs8VbI2ey3jc6VFNKBC1vr-ZpxWWWt6FEfc6Dlus8o_ITuW9EgcENlM0ckHr8TcjH4pn8Hd9TJRKuTRvq8g/w640-h166/Senusret%20cartouche%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0zWP54bMApZnVeAWjjulS4jT5rDGgl8cybZ8wvt6Ao5ko6ggib4h3HFfSGD-5bvSH5TXOoDg7-1O2DkwNmbq01fORO22srDZ-Xs3zxnAeQCSWumxW4v3uJ_shS3mm5AAvU7K8FCHIFa9W2EvA4St5BAVoD0iigzT6rVG0zeg-EaP35B2A8yR0yARevw/s1602/Senusret%20cartouche%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="1602" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0zWP54bMApZnVeAWjjulS4jT5rDGgl8cybZ8wvt6Ao5ko6ggib4h3HFfSGD-5bvSH5TXOoDg7-1O2DkwNmbq01fORO22srDZ-Xs3zxnAeQCSWumxW4v3uJ_shS3mm5AAvU7K8FCHIFa9W2EvA4St5BAVoD0iigzT6rVG0zeg-EaP35B2A8yR0yARevw/w640-h154/Senusret%20cartouche%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p>Although somewhat eroded, it can
be read as:<p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">“Year 45 (of the reign) of King of
Upper and Lower Egypt, Kheper-ka-Ra, Son of Ra, Senusret”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8CIvKCe6WiEViodlWaJihDR8j4OXL_VFaa5RUS2CGxyuI6Qz5vKzSz3qhsjTE8gGu3uilV9XDf0QjEkAMJFYqsd361EuqcmsY58Gtt1ABmWWMqa9UnoPcpWCppYtuXp6ZJ5wRJCs4VcV4gTfxBXCxioEPxPOk6HsmDchxiV99r9m68Xk2WfPOILrrPw/s8688/Senusret's%20Rock.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5792" data-original-width="8688" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8CIvKCe6WiEViodlWaJihDR8j4OXL_VFaa5RUS2CGxyuI6Qz5vKzSz3qhsjTE8gGu3uilV9XDf0QjEkAMJFYqsd361EuqcmsY58Gtt1ABmWWMqa9UnoPcpWCppYtuXp6ZJ5wRJCs4VcV4gTfxBXCxioEPxPOk6HsmDchxiV99r9m68Xk2WfPOILrrPw/w640-h426/Senusret's%20Rock.JPG" title="Senusret's Rock" width="640" /></a></div><br /><o:p><br /></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Current Thoughts on Gebel el-Silsila during the Middle Kingdom<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Over the millennia, the Nile forced
its way into the sandstone massif to create a deep and narrow gorge, providing
the ancient Egyptians of the Middle Kingdom with a strategic location from
which to oversee, and protect Egypt from, its southern neighbours. The
formation of this nature-given barrier likely gave rise to the site’s ancient
name, Kheny, the ‘Mouth of the River’. Presumably, the site was also a
lucrative quarrying location. The combination of natural barricades in all
directions, and a supply of valuable golden sandstone made Gebel el-Silsila the
ideal site for a fortified military encampment to protect the quarries and
facilitate trade.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhskiBnwUy-aAG5up17kUU2iWF0mP0pDVL4CK3IzDiAlp9yI-vIQRNQTilhsnuDN83SSQ30Z0v_32swqFKr7TzdOWO7BTNb7igR0lWoMbEIk0ZJZWxD7W0wiqoAUSuYjI4hTeN-tSgTXCQnbFCPEyH3noblLSBjMeGwPBqzFLLQ30IjKyk_fWlASd8iSQ/s8688/Southern%20edge%20bordering%20agriculture,%20with%20the%20Nile%20in%20the%20background.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5792" data-original-width="8688" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhskiBnwUy-aAG5up17kUU2iWF0mP0pDVL4CK3IzDiAlp9yI-vIQRNQTilhsnuDN83SSQ30Z0v_32swqFKr7TzdOWO7BTNb7igR0lWoMbEIk0ZJZWxD7W0wiqoAUSuYjI4hTeN-tSgTXCQnbFCPEyH3noblLSBjMeGwPBqzFLLQ30IjKyk_fWlASd8iSQ/w640-h426/Southern%20edge%20bordering%20agriculture,%20with%20the%20Nile%20in%20the%20background.JPG" title="Southern edge bordering agriculture, with the Nile in the background" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">As mentioned above, the team has
now found epigraphic evidence of a fortress in an unpublished Middle Kingdom
inscription by the ‘overseer of the fort’. This title confirms the inventory of
Middle Kingdom fortresses listed in Papyrus Berlin 10495. However, with no
excavation or documentary evidence for such a fortress – Sir A.H. Gardiner
himself declared “no fortress is known at Silsilis” – there has been no attempt
to understand the site’s position within the larger landscape until now.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Line of Sight<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">There is one method that is applied
to all investigations of landscape archaeology at Gebel el-Silsila (and
elsewhere): the ancient use of ‘line of sight’ as a means of connecting various
structures. At Gebel el-Silsila the team used this method early on to record
the relative locations of a string of coexistent Roman stations, outlook posts,
and structures. The results show their arrangement was deliberate and designed
in such a way as to ensure mutual protection and safety, regular communication
and to aid travellers journeying to and from neighbouring towns.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">During the Roman Period, it was
clear that structures on the East Bank of Gebel el-Silsila had direct line of
sight to the location of Ras Ras on the West Bank a few kilometres to the
south.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0NSAm9KFHqfX1_UpugwdEA0zVNYqWTFpXs3jacWpxO0dRBNdU8RZak1cvKrPidX77h8Z011mSmkFFAHP3YxvipReakf_PHfKlf2HXY7AqfYqP4dvBXvUrbGHL1IwvlA3XSycgzw5QgAd7DlvBq3j6RiC6A7w4E4ZUlZPpj5d0Onp7bCQ7ETNBV2WMJg/s8688/Vast%20landscape%20north-east%20of%20Shatt%20el-Rigal,%20with%20offering%20table%20in%20the%20front.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5792" data-original-width="8688" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0NSAm9KFHqfX1_UpugwdEA0zVNYqWTFpXs3jacWpxO0dRBNdU8RZak1cvKrPidX77h8Z011mSmkFFAHP3YxvipReakf_PHfKlf2HXY7AqfYqP4dvBXvUrbGHL1IwvlA3XSycgzw5QgAd7DlvBq3j6RiC6A7w4E4ZUlZPpj5d0Onp7bCQ7ETNBV2WMJg/w640-h426/Vast%20landscape%20north-east%20of%20Shatt%20el-Rigal,%20with%20offering%20table%20in%20the%20front.JPG" title="Vast landscape north-east of Shatt el-Rigal, with offering table in the front" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">From there, this chain of
visibility zig- zagged back and forth across the Nile to Kom Ombo and further
south. A similar pattern is discernible to the north, where Gebel el-Silsila
connects by sight line to the fortified town of el-Serag (ancient Thumis),
which in turn connects with Edfu, and further to Gebelein, towards Thebes.
Crucially, these alignments allowed a visible interaction between the various
locales, probably by beacons or other noticeable signs, enabling warnings or
support to be sent when needed. A similar system would have been in place
allowing communication between the Middle Kingdom fortresses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Another important factor to
remember is that large parts of the river would have been impassable during the
inundation, as the current would have been too strong. This is especially true
for Gebel el-Silsila, having a bottleneck- shaped gorge where the floodwaters
would have gushed. Certainly, the flooded landscape would allow enemies a
chance to attack the area unless it was protected from higher ground.
Geological and landscape studies at Gebel el-Silsila have revealed that many of
the wadis (valleys) were flooded, and at times the waters partially encircled
the two mountains (Gebel el-Silsila itself on the East Bank, and partially Ramada
Gibli on the West). During this time, the wadis could be used to circumnavigate
the main river, so that the movement of troops, traders, and all that was
needed to sustain a functioning infrastructure (and to process stone) could
continue unabated. Wadi Shatt el-Rigal is one such example, with hundreds of
Middle Kingdom texts and graffiti (including the famous Mentuhotep II scene), proof that the wadi was a busy corridor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDS1luHgFMeQgA26m5KXGf5rgcN5C8MbcQmoDHsH7uZ0VyskdLc5WJSijmsw2k-4JrOrWc8_SjIgukaSjjK2CkQ08X9kpMGN_rQlHznbB3kjq6OnF7DAgvpSsYu6oNr5C-V6V7UcO_IgeR-qWFrNKaEsySLPPP9V4K_QTiA0Te3v78rCsYo-S9FWLLpQ/s8688/Famous%20scene%20of%20Mentuhotep%20II%20at%20Shatt%20el-Rigal.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5792" data-original-width="8688" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDS1luHgFMeQgA26m5KXGf5rgcN5C8MbcQmoDHsH7uZ0VyskdLc5WJSijmsw2k-4JrOrWc8_SjIgukaSjjK2CkQ08X9kpMGN_rQlHznbB3kjq6OnF7DAgvpSsYu6oNr5C-V6V7UcO_IgeR-qWFrNKaEsySLPPP9V4K_QTiA0Te3v78rCsYo-S9FWLLpQ/w640-h426/Famous%20scene%20of%20Mentuhotep%20II%20at%20Shatt%20el-Rigal.JPG" title="Famous scene of Mentuhotep II at Shatt el-Rigal" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Our team has only scratched the
surface of Middle Kingdom activity in the region, but with hundreds of texts
documented (some recently published, and more prepared, including the name of
the Major of Kheny!), the documentation of Middle Kingdom quarrying techniques,
road systems, and other infrastructure, and the planned excavations of what
could be a fortress, we hope to be able to paint a more detailed picture of
Middle Kingdom life at Gebel el-Silsila.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Acknowledgements<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">We would like to thank our
wonderful Silsila family, and the Permanent Committee of Foreign Missions for
giving the team permission to work at Gebel el-Silsila, and equally the General
Director of Aswan and Nubia, Mr A. Moniem Said. The documentation of MK
epigraphy and archaeology has been made possible by the financial support of
<a href="https://www.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/index.php">Gerda Henkel Stiftung</a>, Magnus Bergvalls Stiftelse, and <a href="https://www.crafoord.se/crafoordska-stiftelsen/" target="_blank">Crafoordska Stiftelsen</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Again, we would like to thank <a href="https://ancientegyptmagazine.co.uk/">Ancient Egypt Magazine </a>for allowing us to share the paper here!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXMAxztE4JfnB3OR17JmMcolXywS9zP92_xpMni39KLGH3ubMQ_FTTI7MhWlrxKz-pwCRx0kBOFnJMKfB1dFzrlZpQbwYBwrTTOxYoDW8uXHjCkWPQjq4hx3isyZuFQezD7l6emhs9lM8P6LpQHnZMEtIqFXEkpRkDo9PSmOsHXvQ2IkfhMsQoQ8ltpw/s3745/AE114NilssonGebelMKas%20published_Page_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3745" data-original-width="2717" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXMAxztE4JfnB3OR17JmMcolXywS9zP92_xpMni39KLGH3ubMQ_FTTI7MhWlrxKz-pwCRx0kBOFnJMKfB1dFzrlZpQbwYBwrTTOxYoDW8uXHjCkWPQjq4hx3isyZuFQezD7l6emhs9lM8P6LpQHnZMEtIqFXEkpRkDo9PSmOsHXvQ2IkfhMsQoQ8ltpw/w464-h640/AE114NilssonGebelMKas%20published_Page_01.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">All photo and material published herein are the property and copyrighted the Gebel el-Silsila Project. For permit of reuse for publications, please contact the directors. </span></p>
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years, we have been </span>writing shorter archaeological (popular
scientific) papers for Ancient Egypt Magazine, discussing the history of the Gebel
el-Silsila area, our fieldwork, and some more detailed views on certain aspects
or features of the site. Thanks to the editors, we have been given the
permission to share with you those articles here! So, lets start with the
earliest history of the site.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Naturally, you can
order the physical copies from <a href="https://ancientegyptmagazine.co.uk/" target="_blank">AE</a>, and subscribe to receive a fantastic
collection of interesting papers related to ancient Egypt. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Ps. The previous
homepage for Friends of Silsila is no longer in use, but we are working on
constructing a new, interactive webpage where you will be able to take part of
our publications, vlogs, blogs, 3D-models, etc. More of this to come!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p></blockquote></blockquote><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><b>Gebel el-Silsila throughout the ages:
Part 1 – Early visitors</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj8Ci8_wInPHZS4bMutqZK5xfYBWXClMPngQge7SG6oVKP0nkG_OJTN4c8LaTohGmJmreVAG7ZBoLi-0JWaakLnqcuUOuAAP24ZXq7ZlTA9xYyG4uDNQwG_4vewaxPxHZ7GwPOjZzQTXJgBYql39I2HG5gTg6nWzOaoPMF_G_1MtE2LMGOdUZ3lxBRlg/s5184/Perfect%20view%20of%20the%20surrounding%20landscape.%20Predynastic%20rock%20art%20site%20with%20giraffes%20on%20the%20west%20bank%20(1).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj8Ci8_wInPHZS4bMutqZK5xfYBWXClMPngQge7SG6oVKP0nkG_OJTN4c8LaTohGmJmreVAG7ZBoLi-0JWaakLnqcuUOuAAP24ZXq7ZlTA9xYyG4uDNQwG_4vewaxPxHZ7GwPOjZzQTXJgBYql39I2HG5gTg6nWzOaoPMF_G_1MtE2LMGOdUZ3lxBRlg/w640-h426/Perfect%20view%20of%20the%20surrounding%20landscape.%20Predynastic%20rock%20art%20site%20with%20giraffes%20on%20the%20west%20bank%20(1).JPG" title="Perfect view of the surrounding landscape. Predynastic rock art site with giraffes on the west bank" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Perfect view of the surrounding landscape. Predynastic rock art site with giraffes on the west bank.<br />Photo: M. Nilsson</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Abstract</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">For
over two hundred years, Egyptologists, archaeologists, explorers, knowledgeable
enthusiasts, as well as intrepid tourists and laypeople alike have regarded
Gebel el-Silsila as a minor archaeological site of little significance within
the greater ancient scarred landscape of Egypt. For many, Gebel el-Silsila’s
enduring and captivating sculptured stone landscape has been viewed merely from
the deck or window of a passing ship or dahabeya, while navigating the narrow
passage and cruising the sacred River Nile that separates the sites into two
parts. This denigration and outdated perception of the site is something the
current archaeological team hope to change. This paper is the first of a series
aimed to present Gebel el-Silsila: the site, the team, the various
chronological periods, discoveries and new results. Here, the aim is to
introduce the site and its early visitors. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><b>Introduction </b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Located
some 60 km south of the grand Edfu Temple, and 65 km north of the stunning
golden landscape of modern day Aswan, Gebel el-Silsila – “Kheny/Khenu” to the
ancients – played an important role within the overall development of Dynastic
Egypt. First and foremost the site provided with a bountiful supply of prime Nubian
sandstone, with a culmination of quarry activity during the great pharaohs of
the New Kingdom. However, the site was also a vital strategic trading location,
marking the boundary between Egypt and her southern neighbour Nubia, one of
Egypt’s chief enemies (also known as the ‘nine bows of Egypt’) of which
hundreds of Middle Kingdom inscriptions bear witness of. As we will see, though,
Gebel el-Silsila had an important role to play already during the Predynastic period,
and this part has yet to be fully understood or told.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><b>From Napoleon to Caminos<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The
modern historical attestations of Gebel el-Silsila find their beginning with
the Napoleonic scientific expeditions, when several scholars visited the site,
documented its rock-cut temple and Nile stelae with words and art, after which
they left their own engravings and signatures upon the sandstone surfaces and
ancient monuments for later visitors to gaze upon. Since then, visiting
scholars, including some of the great fathers of Egyptology, such as Lepsius,
Petrie, Legrain, and even Carter, merely gave the site but a casual glance. Occasionally
and often hastily, such visitors documented a handful of the site’s visible
monuments, many of which were inaccurate or regrettably missing vital
components to make justice to the original message. Of course, it is
understandable that other sites were given presidency over Gebel el-Silsila
during these early days of Egyptology, when scholars could choose between
majestic temples, such as Karnak and Luxor, royal tombs in the Valley of the
Kings as well as Saqqara, and elite burials throughout the country. Simply put,
the quarryscape of Gebel el-Silsila was no match for the highly prized temples
and tombs that embodied the very essence of Egyptology, which had captivated
all who were engrossed in this relatively new science.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimeBNKYviRa2DQ6Hra6Swdvo2oA715nEnIhMDcAJXqBrfOSll179rFekWxdQ9l6NBUeYr2-Wphuy_qE4QaIz0xU9ezU38wkpZmMngPJcfMGnnxcrEek77FKBebOFHiI4pxDdL0Bd-4l8OY3cwmVaXqiCHht5qCKt5cE01A4nBruz22FPXxLR--1m0rfw/s3475/Petrie%20F%20-%20A%20season%20in%20Egypt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3475" data-original-width="2663" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimeBNKYviRa2DQ6Hra6Swdvo2oA715nEnIhMDcAJXqBrfOSll179rFekWxdQ9l6NBUeYr2-Wphuy_qE4QaIz0xU9ezU38wkpZmMngPJcfMGnnxcrEek77FKBebOFHiI4pxDdL0Bd-4l8OY3cwmVaXqiCHht5qCKt5cE01A4nBruz22FPXxLR--1m0rfw/w490-h640/Petrie%20F%20-%20A%20season%20in%20Egypt.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFhhE20X3WxHev_MPjFRJ3pBR6yxilHS6ixeEuSfb4z7BitFJkO6NCy-iPH4Ie2vBb-Z4fVDV6xu-dmsCraAIaUM2Tm7qCCXcX3_AvQZ5c1n80T5eqyEsuvYmy6g9a5d9CpVKlQNv-g8sqKQRfj8GWvLXBgwaWsLaliyQ_gpL9_O7g2De4UPDr2iQfSg/s3475/Petrie%20F%20-%20A%20season%20in%20Egypta.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3475" data-original-width="2663" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFhhE20X3WxHev_MPjFRJ3pBR6yxilHS6ixeEuSfb4z7BitFJkO6NCy-iPH4Ie2vBb-Z4fVDV6xu-dmsCraAIaUM2Tm7qCCXcX3_AvQZ5c1n80T5eqyEsuvYmy6g9a5d9CpVKlQNv-g8sqKQRfj8GWvLXBgwaWsLaliyQ_gpL9_O7g2De4UPDr2iQfSg/w490-h640/Petrie%20F%20-%20A%20season%20in%20Egypta.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Starting
in 1955, the Argentinian Egyptologist Caminos spent nine field seasons at Gebel
el-Silsila, and documented together with his students the site’s dynastic
epigraphy under the auspices of the EES (Egyptian Exploration Society).
Unfortunately, only one monograph saw the completion as a publication, in which
Caminos and James describe the original epigraphy and iconography of the 32 magnificent
New Kingdom cenotaphs that line the West Bank. Years later, Caminos’ epigraphic
work of the so called ‘Speos of Horemheb’ (rock-cut temple, re-dated to the
reign of Hatshepsut by the current team) was published in a doctoral thesis by
Thiem.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6HEMNxcRXt1oIsMZS9CLkxVL1eK-X0zPwXPb2eKR8Ve12XtAD_xt3q6sLF4BIbltIyTG8b8VZOh__FVZN7aHJxseBdus2L0hpDNWluw1nyExzzspm_lYQJkVbCZsXL5fU4O_m9w-CLli8voMoIxwI3Ina51OVQiBuqwH-dMLadVJ9RFMFfbAK0PC9jw/s8688/086A4661.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5792" data-original-width="8688" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6HEMNxcRXt1oIsMZS9CLkxVL1eK-X0zPwXPb2eKR8Ve12XtAD_xt3q6sLF4BIbltIyTG8b8VZOh__FVZN7aHJxseBdus2L0hpDNWluw1nyExzzspm_lYQJkVbCZsXL5fU4O_m9w-CLli8voMoIxwI3Ina51OVQiBuqwH-dMLadVJ9RFMFfbAK0PC9jw/w640-h426/086A4661.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The speos. Photo: M. Nilsson</div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Nevertheless,
despite the great efforts of scholars like Caminos, James, Osing and later
Thiem, the true spectacular landscape and long forgotten archaeology of ancient
Kheny remained undocumented and hidden, buried beneath the ever-shifting sands.
It was not until 2012 when the Gebel el Silsila Epigraphic Survey Project (later
‘Gebel el Silsila Project’) – a Swedish-led archaeological mission from Lund
University – was granted its concession and begun its monumental task of
surveying the massive site (11.5 mile</span><sup style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">2</sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">/30 km</span><sup style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">2</sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">),
encompassing also the areas of Nag el-Hammam and Shatt el-Rigal in the north. The
goal was to document, catalogue and eventually excavate and restore/preserve
the immensely diverse historical context of the ancient landscape of Gebel
el-Silsila, which was virtually untouched since the time of Emperors Trajan and
Antoninus Pius (2</span><sup style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">nd</sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> century A.D.) when quarrying and moving the last
blocks of the Temple of Sobek to a nearby destination.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><b>The early days of Gebel el-Silsila<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The
new project focused on a visual survey of the scarred quarryscape, numbering
and identifying 104 quarries (52 on each side) that had cut into the sandstone
scenery at least since the Middle Kingdom. The main goal of the first
expedition was to document the Graeco-Roman epigraphy, including the enigmatic
quarry marks, pictorial graffiti, demotic, Greek and Latin texts that were
engraved into almost all exposed surfaces within the quarries of this time.
Simultaneously, the team surveyed the surrounding landscape and archaeological
remains, which soon resulted in the discovery of unique and extensive
prehistoric rock art sites. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
newly discovered rock art sites at Gebel el-Silsila artistically show a much
different and diverse historical timeline of the site than previously thought.
For over eight millennia, visitors to Gebel el-Silsila have left their marks on
the rock faces and by doing so they give witness to a chronological table of
events that have changed and shaped the site’s landscape to what it is today.
Each locale provide us with a sequential glimpse into the development of the
site from one of a bountiful hunting ground to a pure industry and monumental
engineering project, to those of a yet more personal insights and relationships
with their contemporary world and divine pantheon.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
rock art at Gebel el-Silsila can be divided into the following periods:
Epipalaeolithic (c. 8500 B.P.), Neolithic and Predynastic (c. 6000-3000 B.C.), Dynastic
(c. 3000-305 B.C.), Graeco-Roman (305 B.C.-200 A.D.), to which can be added Coptic,
Medieval and eventually modern graffiti.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Nenqw6aiBeyedvly9zkTvFAJF94TW2DUU2GB_JL94kJEAJ40qTsnpdFhCwgZZ4REzCQUs51m5CuOfiBCDW1adcC0al9_ZY86ChAkAaIKXB_6a8ks2kyJGtYAfFxwroV2YYvp0Rw8aZtbQJbXbIrmb4Mixx-CTuiLH4ysL75VipMSwhd0n9BrZJ7rMQ/s1308/East%20Bank%20locations.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1126" data-original-width="1308" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Nenqw6aiBeyedvly9zkTvFAJF94TW2DUU2GB_JL94kJEAJ40qTsnpdFhCwgZZ4REzCQUs51m5CuOfiBCDW1adcC0al9_ZY86ChAkAaIKXB_6a8ks2kyJGtYAfFxwroV2YYvp0Rw8aZtbQJbXbIrmb4Mixx-CTuiLH4ysL75VipMSwhd0n9BrZJ7rMQ/w640-h550/East%20Bank%20locations.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4nPCsdb43i-iuHvnmpoHDd30Jvh3pm8Z-X7o-7DYG6DfC9woWlOcs0DOeu5UH4Eg8gQ4wYfeP1Oyk8h_U7ZDFozPapPWjEvzVIWu9Aehq8Fm1DQFY8fOntKtm97N0OLDVyojh6yjqclL_EfKJV8ZNPSgq34bNXBmr5RqGiAxk1CD5iOPIxZgIO5IKQ/s1308/West%20Bank%20locations.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1118" data-original-width="1308" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4nPCsdb43i-iuHvnmpoHDd30Jvh3pm8Z-X7o-7DYG6DfC9woWlOcs0DOeu5UH4Eg8gQ4wYfeP1Oyk8h_U7ZDFozPapPWjEvzVIWu9Aehq8Fm1DQFY8fOntKtm97N0OLDVyojh6yjqclL_EfKJV8ZNPSgq34bNXBmr5RqGiAxk1CD5iOPIxZgIO5IKQ/w640-h548/West%20Bank%20locations.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hammered
or pecked into the natural exposed bedrock, primarily found on horizontal
surfaces and heavily worn by time, the team found the tell-tale signs of one of
the earliest artistic repertoires, known as Epipalaeolithic petroglyphs. These
designs, some almost 8500 years old, foremost include geometric motifs, some known
from the nearby area of el-Hosh to represent fish-traps, and several abstract
patterns, that for us are unique, indiscernible illustrations. By documenting
the rock art, the team could track the footsteps of the Epipaleolithic hunter
and gatherers, and it was clear that their engravings concentrated in areas
providing good hunting or fishing conditions.</span><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">With
the discovery of Epipalaeolithic depictions at Gebel el-Silsila, the team could
change the previous misconception that the site was almost empty of rock art,
to the recognition of almost 100 individual rock art locales. Soon, the rock
art corpus included thousands of petroglyphs and a stylistic range of
depictions equal to acknowledged rock art areas such as el-Kab, el-Hosh, Wadi
Kubbaniya, Wadi Abu Suebeira, and Gharb Aswan. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7KATaL_f5BmBC32vbOn41TThQCG1YVJiKd0deT_lEmCCdV_uYmTtLD8u5QH_iJpc9PDm-lPwzcFutYx-sNRAavBDEvDncCK4WtrAqzuxRIEzaOzH7FSVp1Yd2YZMTRPw1X9L1m-fAUmWQMui3edvdTSEPXaM--FPqLjyOA8cA-BCCAXhnymX2nHSkEw/s4608/Epipalaeolithic%20geometric%20motif,%20Rock%20Art%20Site%205%20at%20Gebel%20el-Silsila%20East%20Bank.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7KATaL_f5BmBC32vbOn41TThQCG1YVJiKd0deT_lEmCCdV_uYmTtLD8u5QH_iJpc9PDm-lPwzcFutYx-sNRAavBDEvDncCK4WtrAqzuxRIEzaOzH7FSVp1Yd2YZMTRPw1X9L1m-fAUmWQMui3edvdTSEPXaM--FPqLjyOA8cA-BCCAXhnymX2nHSkEw/w640-h480/Epipalaeolithic%20geometric%20motif,%20Rock%20Art%20Site%205%20at%20Gebel%20el-Silsila%20East%20Bank.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV25T6kSnlco0nZHv9p_ZQh7EBM8vmNJA9WseuyBiIPoWSFS-sEmsLZifuVRHZC6Ev2rbt1jvLWnlkfEWBKCKgBVDX2kTn95KH7-YZNZVCZwUpk0hdF6eUcpSOmQRHYh8FC4H4Ru-4CHxnm79F9OdOcOYmAStCfge7pXfg1q2DTj2gkP-jW3l8Z2oQww/s5184/Epipalaeolithic%20unique%20designs,%20Gebel%20el-Silsila%20East%20Bank%20(1).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV25T6kSnlco0nZHv9p_ZQh7EBM8vmNJA9WseuyBiIPoWSFS-sEmsLZifuVRHZC6Ev2rbt1jvLWnlkfEWBKCKgBVDX2kTn95KH7-YZNZVCZwUpk0hdF6eUcpSOmQRHYh8FC4H4Ru-4CHxnm79F9OdOcOYmAStCfge7pXfg1q2DTj2gkP-jW3l8Z2oQww/w640-h426/Epipalaeolithic%20unique%20designs,%20Gebel%20el-Silsila%20East%20Bank%20(1).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPY7yitSV1RONIcKgIbmJ_f3uB9Ec1Vpa-E97B7QOfjmR-8TZ-3gIPxbUlMV-LYEi8aXtwUXtSM50IUzJS6iLIQQlBKHuSzbuO45K7cnbBbNFLa__XcfG95ozPKhEQ36qiPX3dA9UozESTLGfBPX5UHfcQ_nqjWQNWw7kfXZAIT2CtEM0wpQMndviJzw/s5184/Epipalaeolithic%20unique%20designs,%20Gebel%20el-Silsila%20East%20Bank%20(3).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPY7yitSV1RONIcKgIbmJ_f3uB9Ec1Vpa-E97B7QOfjmR-8TZ-3gIPxbUlMV-LYEi8aXtwUXtSM50IUzJS6iLIQQlBKHuSzbuO45K7cnbBbNFLa__XcfG95ozPKhEQ36qiPX3dA9UozESTLGfBPX5UHfcQ_nqjWQNWw7kfXZAIT2CtEM0wpQMndviJzw/w640-h426/Epipalaeolithic%20unique%20designs,%20Gebel%20el-Silsila%20East%20Bank%20(3).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Epipalaeolithic motifs at Gebel el-Silsila East bank. Photos: M. Nilsson</div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The
discovery of several microlithic tools and workshops in a direct physical
context to the rock art supported the age of the sites to several thousands of
years. In addition, the team has documented a series of basic rock shelters and
far-reaching game traps. With the rock art, stone tools and associated shelters
and game traps, the team was able to establish the west and east banks
respectively as areas of prehistoric anthropological significance, and Gebel
el-Silsila could now be included within the context of the migratory hunter-gatherer
tribes of the Kom Ombo plain. These physical remains give witness to the
diversity of the site, and tells a story of how the early nomadic tribes
utilised the undulating landscape of Gebel el-Silsila by following the rising
waters of the Nile around the two sandstone massifs. By doing so, they were
able to exploit the generous hunting grounds for the benefit of themselves and
their fellow tribesman. Finally, there was evidence of prehistoric activity at
Gebel el-Silsila that could relate in time with the lithic industry to which
the site gave its name in the 1960’s, known as the ‘Silsilian industry’ (later
Ballanan-Silsilian). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSYvgIFrp1Iuu8rgFcxV72d19DOucLzFipi9XxEGPtYQN__qQdNkvwnNx5WcuG6-ERfrzP3wDMzovrmgTcpOONzgL61Fs7BO5dDE-TU5-NOC7MGzqK-SwtQaUR467d9-fVaipqSRHerJOzV0bnCV6ugFU_yjdg4F-PAzpxl0XLedJuqsLgJuHBAnfLWw/s14523/stylistic%20overview%20east%20bank.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="7913" data-original-width="14523" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSYvgIFrp1Iuu8rgFcxV72d19DOucLzFipi9XxEGPtYQN__qQdNkvwnNx5WcuG6-ERfrzP3wDMzovrmgTcpOONzgL61Fs7BO5dDE-TU5-NOC7MGzqK-SwtQaUR467d9-fVaipqSRHerJOzV0bnCV6ugFU_yjdg4F-PAzpxl0XLedJuqsLgJuHBAnfLWw/w640-h348/stylistic%20overview%20east%20bank.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsjPuoe9Y9Y24ES3U9rg7J0mD1_UwjabdntA_-f79ZTdBwNWqwkwFMBcp5ZaeWttcgrwZ5vUwJj-LrPwYw0z7x-rVTGGKZ90O-reW-RlL96euEab3tCDIXp5XfML-wCX0-RLYLmE8Pgt_by7QnEmEekJ5F1e2w_Djx712iO6pylu6dpaedF4WJYJqG5A/s14523/stylistic%20overview%20west%20bank.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="7913" data-original-width="14523" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsjPuoe9Y9Y24ES3U9rg7J0mD1_UwjabdntA_-f79ZTdBwNWqwkwFMBcp5ZaeWttcgrwZ5vUwJj-LrPwYw0z7x-rVTGGKZ90O-reW-RlL96euEab3tCDIXp5XfML-wCX0-RLYLmE8Pgt_by7QnEmEekJ5F1e2w_Djx712iO6pylu6dpaedF4WJYJqG5A/w640-h348/stylistic%20overview%20west%20bank.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><b>Predynastic hunting scenes</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">While
the Epipalaeolithic rock art remains limited to a few sites in Upper Egypt,
engravings of animals from the Ethiopian fauna and its famed bushy-tailed
giraffes are better spread and make up the largest group at Gebel el-Silsila.
As elsewhere, the repertoire includes giraffes, crocodiles, boats and hunting
scenes with human figures, dogs and hunted animals, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6L6pRqeopEzC02ls7Xeg_ca38odHL9tEam5N3Cq37tbuPE0D2INeY0tF84OvbctbkAEEi94xwNsuRegBrLkUysewgo_rZPL2cqU6KmMLIMpPxm_OXKp1-f_RoA2sTyGFKRtXaASvCi5V8u_ShwawZQTM8UnHWm_zQfK4Db9doJKDZxtdzQ4rsvZlf3Q/s5184/Stereotypical%20predynastic%20panel,%20Gebel%20el-Silsila%20East%20Bank%20Rock%20Art%20Site%203%20(1).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6L6pRqeopEzC02ls7Xeg_ca38odHL9tEam5N3Cq37tbuPE0D2INeY0tF84OvbctbkAEEi94xwNsuRegBrLkUysewgo_rZPL2cqU6KmMLIMpPxm_OXKp1-f_RoA2sTyGFKRtXaASvCi5V8u_ShwawZQTM8UnHWm_zQfK4Db9doJKDZxtdzQ4rsvZlf3Q/w640-h426/Stereotypical%20predynastic%20panel,%20Gebel%20el-Silsila%20East%20Bank%20Rock%20Art%20Site%203%20(1).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Panel 2 at Rock Art Site 3 showing a panel with giraffes and other animals. Photo by M. Nilsson</div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Petroglyphs
are often found on vertical cliff surfaces in elevated areas overlooking the
landscape, and in spaces that would have escaped the rising waters of the Nile
inundation. Their locations also follow natural markers, where the landscape
offers more than suitable hunting areas; for example, where the upper
escarpment dramatically drops down towards what would have been the Nile edge,
creating narrow wadis (valleys), perfect for corralling and entrapment. It has
been remarked that the placement of such panels, and their contents, may have
had a ritualistic relationship with the actual hunt itself, that depictions
carry with it a certain embodiment of the intended game, and by which, the
hunter is asking for some kind of divine assistance. If accepting such an
interpretation, the communicated message of the Predynastic rock art producers
is parallel with that of later periods, when the hunter wishes to control
nature and ask the divine world for supporting interference. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9pSvybWoX0hXmz7WQVzcDxI6tM_0zM14nI4vsjZyRJJp8BYyUhhdcuVxCH2BC-NoDm9T8cSmCgHkpeuj1qeyvLJpsnzlBO4gmtdN9I244wNV6CHB2goLvwxd1f2v-m4qTRIrjPxL5n-4jUNoD7EiIlPbdW138HVgHaYDhrV9HKvGivPArZYIJ-y5rtA/s14173/Stereotypical%20predynastic%20panel,%20Gebel%20el-Silsila%20East%20Bank%20Rock%20Art%20Site%203%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4780" data-original-width="14173" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9pSvybWoX0hXmz7WQVzcDxI6tM_0zM14nI4vsjZyRJJp8BYyUhhdcuVxCH2BC-NoDm9T8cSmCgHkpeuj1qeyvLJpsnzlBO4gmtdN9I244wNV6CHB2goLvwxd1f2v-m4qTRIrjPxL5n-4jUNoD7EiIlPbdW138HVgHaYDhrV9HKvGivPArZYIJ-y5rtA/w640-h216/Stereotypical%20predynastic%20panel,%20Gebel%20el-Silsila%20East%20Bank%20Rock%20Art%20Site%203%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">The same panel, here with the petroglyphs filled in. Facsimiles by M. Nilsson</div><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg74efaOFHrU7rjrjRuQnFKJozdokQuZp5ZFvbrLpw1l9ELx58MSkO-pGI9v5AF_SINZj7WG7nd42V9gJyo7dWCaRX6z08qb1MC7kQeYl_HMixe5OF2lI-jceQDAQGnaHWjXP5XJI2LcO40mc62AZ83cJrAxEjdbsCSJxZioWmXr4UPHHpohGdoWvqJ5Q/s3080/Gebel%20el-Silsila%20Rock%20Art%20Sites%203%20and%204%20marked%20with%20panels.tif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="3080" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg74efaOFHrU7rjrjRuQnFKJozdokQuZp5ZFvbrLpw1l9ELx58MSkO-pGI9v5AF_SINZj7WG7nd42V9gJyo7dWCaRX6z08qb1MC7kQeYl_HMixe5OF2lI-jceQDAQGnaHWjXP5XJI2LcO40mc62AZ83cJrAxEjdbsCSJxZioWmXr4UPHHpohGdoWvqJ5Q/w640-h192/Gebel%20el-Silsila%20Rock%20Art%20Sites%203%20and%204%20marked%20with%20panels.tif" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Rock Art Sites 3 and 4 marked with panels. Photo and editing M. Nilsson</span></div><br /><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><b>Thoughts on function and meaning</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">By
documenting and analysing the numerous rock art sites of the Gebel el-Silsila
area, the team was also able to produce a geographical and geological map of
the sandstone massifs, allowing an interpretation of how the formations had
played an important role in the development of the area as a provider of safe
sheltering and successful food supply.
The nomadic life of the prehistoric visitors to Gebel el-Silsila aligned
with the tide and flood of the Nile, and was naturally regulated by the
migration of the local wildlife. During the summer, the river flooded the wadis of Gebel el-Silsila and created a landscape almost like islands, which pebbled beaches in the north and
south give witness to still today. The two island-like sides provided humans and
animals with a safe and secure environment in which they could thrive. However,
with the changing of tides, there would have been increased risks with
dangerous and life-threatening wildlife, such as beast-like crocodiles and
hippopotami, as well as venomous snakes and scorpions, for which Gebel el-Silsila
is still infamous today. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-SQg2kKlsao9a9s34bt9POHui9AMA8SHNjuq8FhT6uH-OemnNj2iZtLK79njIqiz2KpRSNafrxi9Vo0dH39RLwTyqsLRdtANbC7dpee901ljP8wL3eeqjfZQOT3OfMNZ7sHi54T71K6WvMveisDRdidnc83jH2wmYA4uf7Z_F21vdgJDgWrKTM2z79w/s5184/Perfect%20view%20of%20the%20surrounding%20landscape.%20Predynastic%20rock%20art%20site%20with%20giraffes%20on%20the%20west%20bank%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-SQg2kKlsao9a9s34bt9POHui9AMA8SHNjuq8FhT6uH-OemnNj2iZtLK79njIqiz2KpRSNafrxi9Vo0dH39RLwTyqsLRdtANbC7dpee901ljP8wL3eeqjfZQOT3OfMNZ7sHi54T71K6WvMveisDRdidnc83jH2wmYA4uf7Z_F21vdgJDgWrKTM2z79w/w640-h426/Perfect%20view%20of%20the%20surrounding%20landscape.%20Predynastic%20rock%20art%20site%20with%20giraffes%20on%20the%20west%20bank%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Giraffe panel on the west bank. Photo M. Nilsson</div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The
two sides were separated by the narrow gorge at Gebel el-Silsila may
well provide us with an underlying reason as to why so many boat motifs were
carved into the cliffs of the region. During the tide, the area presented a
cataract landscape, allowing visitors to cross the Nile far easier. It was, and
still is, the narrowest point of the Nile, giving history and explanation to
the dynastic name of the site, Kheny/Khenu, roughly translated as the ‘Rowing
Place’. This may equally explain why Gebel el-Silsila was chosen as the sacred place
to perform the annual Nile festival; a topic that will be discussed later. Returning
to the prehistoric period, it appears it is by no chance that there is a high
concentration of Naqqada boat motifs with various styles in the areas of Gebel
el-Silsila and its northern sister-site Shatt el-Rigal. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHGztP-lbWUV-g35rSqQf_nRQ34IwlCGbltgf700wfmPPI519LTLMNyNEeFWgdNrQ5KAooH4_mSfhyFWJXEunmEzhz88kxzRLm6ThqPRVZkoh3e2PO1-qVGDzNxPwhH6IKunevuOncDAA18l_GbPicQ2NRH7eeqXz3YIJxAlShYztPaxzxTKF0SQGQkQ/s8688/Predynastic%20Rock%20Art%20Panels%20surrounding%20the%20famous%20royal%20scene%20of%20Mentuhotep%20at%20Wadi%20Shatt%20el-Rigal%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5792" data-original-width="8688" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHGztP-lbWUV-g35rSqQf_nRQ34IwlCGbltgf700wfmPPI519LTLMNyNEeFWgdNrQ5KAooH4_mSfhyFWJXEunmEzhz88kxzRLm6ThqPRVZkoh3e2PO1-qVGDzNxPwhH6IKunevuOncDAA18l_GbPicQ2NRH7eeqXz3YIJxAlShYztPaxzxTKF0SQGQkQ/w640-h426/Predynastic%20Rock%20Art%20Panels%20surrounding%20the%20famous%20royal%20scene%20of%20Mentuhotep%20at%20Wadi%20Shatt%20el-Rigal%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Predynastic Rock Art Panels surrounding the famous royal scene of Mentuhotep at Wadi Shatt el-Rigal. Photo M. Nilsson </span></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">What
is clear, Gebel el-Silsila has now proved important as to the understanding of
the larger Kom Ombo area with regards prehistoric rock art and the migratory
patterns of hunter-gatherer tribes who roamed and hunted amongst the protruding
sandstone bluffs, leaving behind their traps and ritualistic guides for us to
view today. The impact later visitors had on Gebel el-Silsila, and how they
lives were entangled in the sandstone landscape will be explored in later
papers. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAWcOnp_U2BViA5pIgR2dilCN_8raJ33gw1nyfMCTXSGTn4J0xAOosA3VxoNgxns24crkxeBRb7xnfZ0LCnx7kjV57LEHRpRCFqJUCFgLzh0QmVRm0BFz9wNFwdLSIX2Wmw4g4UvS7XMOSdYegnRRcVrn7_ttuJ5ZMq9QtJPnURnqWJN4rsV14UfWnDA/s8688/Predynastic%20elephant%20petroglyph%20in%20Wadi%20Shatt%20el-Rigal%20(1).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5792" data-original-width="8688" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAWcOnp_U2BViA5pIgR2dilCN_8raJ33gw1nyfMCTXSGTn4J0xAOosA3VxoNgxns24crkxeBRb7xnfZ0LCnx7kjV57LEHRpRCFqJUCFgLzh0QmVRm0BFz9wNFwdLSIX2Wmw4g4UvS7XMOSdYegnRRcVrn7_ttuJ5ZMq9QtJPnURnqWJN4rsV14UfWnDA/w640-h426/Predynastic%20elephant%20petroglyph%20in%20Wadi%20Shatt%20el-Rigal%20(1).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Predynastic elephant petroglyph in Wadi Shatt el-Rigal. Photo M. Nilsson</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ASasl63ILjZS-fTSMwpR2hVaLn4nAwFr8t8p9Je1YztqdogUBZo0nelVc8VfUc2LHznVT3NKwl6KrsDhlqpcuV5AEfej-NOuhhUvP8rOOlA1G8DPee1QdXPJUm7CB8SJ1DXXtIFq8stTJgD9hSrhndslXceJKwsZ8mSsHoBX_fnqDMSo50oYjKzMwQ/s8688/Predynastic%20boat%20motifs%20at%20Wadi%20Shatt%20el-Rigal%20(1).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5792" data-original-width="8688" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ASasl63ILjZS-fTSMwpR2hVaLn4nAwFr8t8p9Je1YztqdogUBZo0nelVc8VfUc2LHznVT3NKwl6KrsDhlqpcuV5AEfej-NOuhhUvP8rOOlA1G8DPee1QdXPJUm7CB8SJ1DXXtIFq8stTJgD9hSrhndslXceJKwsZ8mSsHoBX_fnqDMSo50oYjKzMwQ/w640-h426/Predynastic%20boat%20motifs%20at%20Wadi%20Shatt%20el-Rigal%20(1).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Predynastic boat motifs at Wadi Shatt el-Rigal. Photo M. Nilsson</div><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>Ps. All images are copyrighted. For any secondary use or copying of the images, please notify the authors and always recognise the Gebel el-Silsila Project. Thank you!<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><b> The published AE version</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8TXQaa5sJ7bKb7HO-Y42yQR7DEAwJ6OD7VDCRGuLlF_QF06bjP_o9JXC_fHCqqleeZ4w4dIqS9D39nGLpsWJvGDQShdbWhj-AemJu1A35Zejf1TjyDCj_aITiu1i25QqOMDHWDTsFRZMLxhEWvtxU5u-k5DXz-dpWLY2cwBEwjd8TqGtmwK99WSv9Rw/s3520/AE113WardGebel1aspublished_Page_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3520" data-original-width="2554" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8TXQaa5sJ7bKb7HO-Y42yQR7DEAwJ6OD7VDCRGuLlF_QF06bjP_o9JXC_fHCqqleeZ4w4dIqS9D39nGLpsWJvGDQShdbWhj-AemJu1A35Zejf1TjyDCj_aITiu1i25QqOMDHWDTsFRZMLxhEWvtxU5u-k5DXz-dpWLY2cwBEwjd8TqGtmwK99WSv9Rw/w464-h640/AE113WardGebel1aspublished_Page_1.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br /><p></p></div>gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyprojecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00867815937748905584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-465008644602917341.post-41691805830156160682022-03-12T11:35:00.001+02:002022-03-12T11:35:34.637+02:00In Memoriam Carter<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEO7Oc46aqgOdUzirSZMd2VXo314qWNkjKBQzL_wNqDoN0yHwFLCVKkk-cz5B0WLhN8WXGsFeIbWY7UuK0-UtJYhXCdxYM6oBz0c3Efmsb3U8XRisyG58sQY-8QO5Ml27P-H4hRPl1VHLI7S8tKV_EucNakBrWJ20pISTZ-rtL2bdjo5Iaa2V8YX7E0w=s5184" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEO7Oc46aqgOdUzirSZMd2VXo314qWNkjKBQzL_wNqDoN0yHwFLCVKkk-cz5B0WLhN8WXGsFeIbWY7UuK0-UtJYhXCdxYM6oBz0c3Efmsb3U8XRisyG58sQY-8QO5Ml27P-H4hRPl1VHLI7S8tKV_EucNakBrWJ20pISTZ-rtL2bdjo5Iaa2V8YX7E0w=s320" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAhMNP02DS367DAJG_NZD_LGorJenkv1gE3NvmBYzxEb9HFX0LM5aJglOYG1E4gX07gZy87wp28IuFZBUup-1bh1cAI16XCRv4XQJZysQrYeWBx9FSWh9ZSFNTLmxtMSfPxQj3dYM2evodbZH6cn9ySTjGJ8YSHIYZ0BN54ANsYkvewZCQNYSsiw84_w=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Nevertheless, life in Luxor was safe in the care of Abdalla and later Ahmed, while we were out of Egypt. He helped Abdalla look after and lovingly care for our cats Snowy, Petrie, Tiger and Kheny, who now are waiting for him on the other side of the rainbow. Their waiting, however, has come to an end, because our gorgeous darling, our beloved companion and canine soulmate fell victim to the horrible practice of poisoning dogs on the west bank of Luxor. In this centenary of Carter’s discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, our Carter left us all heartbroken just months before he was going to fly with us to a new home in Sweden.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZAz6z7WKOweoj4uisuvojNi6oSkScdPAFVvC-6nmBZq1kdrX8FAyMhyghTg6UcidUqnBm_pKoL26XlEgFRWyjP_fCvJ4iRM6_tLDKgBYfuLK7WtUoo9qi4H5PPXLjQATbRSZjerX1rck0UEkpNm1NVIHe-W3eCglIyHVlWfDkYAEWh6aXEBoAVf0fig=s8688" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5792" data-original-width="8688" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZAz6z7WKOweoj4uisuvojNi6oSkScdPAFVvC-6nmBZq1kdrX8FAyMhyghTg6UcidUqnBm_pKoL26XlEgFRWyjP_fCvJ4iRM6_tLDKgBYfuLK7WtUoo9qi4H5PPXLjQATbRSZjerX1rck0UEkpNm1NVIHe-W3eCglIyHVlWfDkYAEWh6aXEBoAVf0fig=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you our beloved family member, thank you our trusted companion for all the love and happiness you have given us all over the years. Now run free and stand mighty on the top of that hill that you always held so dear. You will always be a member of the Silsila team, and your presence will always remain as we run down our favourite sand dune each afternoon as the sun sets. </div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6WvEYvounYlFDr4L4uxxTbQMg8C3W0WebDtPFunWHma6hOZXvjzR2_T4vhzittMALDwLTtqVggYfbK7oWvsMmUZjDDctMsqyTQ6M1n5d629ateF5NPxtUmJfdjR0P7RVub6pD38kkiBm91VG8vEG_XviCb3slcRHJYeTtRz9zOW_f_JrJGRdTQ0M3XQ=s4928" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6WvEYvounYlFDr4L4uxxTbQMg8C3W0WebDtPFunWHma6hOZXvjzR2_T4vhzittMALDwLTtqVggYfbK7oWvsMmUZjDDctMsqyTQ6M1n5d629ateF5NPxtUmJfdjR0P7RVub6pD38kkiBm91VG8vEG_XviCb3slcRHJYeTtRz9zOW_f_JrJGRdTQ0M3XQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyprojecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00867815937748905584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-465008644602917341.post-71944552463037894912022-03-04T17:04:00.000+02:002022-03-04T17:04:11.171+02:00Updates from the Temple of Sobek<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghJfUxWdcXLK43jUgF9IFO_vYSal5G5sFoBiJNpxEQMVSWzgR8t9N_G934bsuBPBL6wFXdOMnUl3rf_kUJjRS8d9PNchZAP6zcBkvTeIfh4ZuNqcgOubF04rRutNbZ-waXz6xxtYRkiaURIDoXeJXpu3WFEo6BmGf5G3ruQXCyWnG2SOBV6IUiYEMhUw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghJfUxWdcXLK43jUgF9IFO_vYSal5G5sFoBiJNpxEQMVSWzgR8t9N_G934bsuBPBL6wFXdOMnUl3rf_kUJjRS8d9PNchZAP6zcBkvTeIfh4ZuNqcgOubF04rRutNbZ-waXz6xxtYRkiaURIDoXeJXpu3WFEo6BmGf5G3ruQXCyWnG2SOBV6IUiYEMhUw=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sun rises over the Temple of Sobek</td></tr></tbody></table></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Since the initial survey of the
Temple of Sobek at Gebel el-Silsila in 2015, the Mission has discovered a
connected temple structure towards the Nile containing sandstone foundations, a
mudbrick surrounding, and a unique circular shaft nicknamed the “pit of Sobek”.
During the excavations thousands of fragments from the destroyed temple were
recovered, including raised relief limestone, raised and sunken relief
sandstone, stamped mudbrick and a great variety of religious artefacts and
daily ware.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Summary of work so far<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="5yl5"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The Temple of
Sobek (Temple of Kheny/Khenu) is situated on a sandstone outcrop, once holding
structures build from sandstone, limestone and with details in granite and
mudbrick, located along the northern boundary of Gebel el-Silsila east, just </span></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">below the colonial pump station<span class="5yl5">, </span>and<span class="5yl5"> neighbouring the modern canal to the
south.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The temple borders agriculture
land to the east and north, and the River Nile to its west. The main structure
has a west-east axis, with its main entrance opening to the west (i.e. from the
Nile). Not much was known about the temple until 2015, when the Mission carried
out an initial survey.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7F90HfJ5Rv14rlNTv2aWKDGUR9H04h5AYrr45QHEVEy45svXEF_o3YcS0zg6SXtjd288b0T3Vhulqjrbz936mshE7oi7rOmqlV92_z15BFF3N0Ul1_57IwS0QkBCy2VsWwRiGX18M2Jo-_s0-HNgLNK3ePyyCtPXzwomm4Ut0JlzJ6OO3v3Y5Jf_ECA=s1500" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7F90HfJ5Rv14rlNTv2aWKDGUR9H04h5AYrr45QHEVEy45svXEF_o3YcS0zg6SXtjd288b0T3Vhulqjrbz936mshE7oi7rOmqlV92_z15BFF3N0Ul1_57IwS0QkBCy2VsWwRiGX18M2Jo-_s0-HNgLNK3ePyyCtPXzwomm4Ut0JlzJ6OO3v3Y5Jf_ECA=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pit of Sobek</td></tr></tbody></table><span class="5yl5" style="text-indent: 36pt;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="5yl5" style="text-indent: 36pt;">The
temple was completely dismantled during antiquity, down to its foundation
blocks. However, during the excavations, the foundations and bedrock footprints
were exposed, revealing a temple structure of approximately 35 x 18 m, which
included four dressed floor levels, column bases, and indications of inner and
outer walls. The remains of five dressed and raised column bases were located
in the temple’s western partition, each measuring approximately 1.40 m in
diameter and located 3.20 m apart, 8.40 m across. To the east of the column
bases are two dressed and raised squared areas, presumably indicating the
architectural divide within the structure (<i>pronaos</i>).
Further to the east and placed centrally, is a raised and dressed platform. It
is surrounded by dressed surface, parts of which have received linear
positioning/indication marks (single and double incised marks) that run in an
easterly to westerly direction, and indicate the position of interior and
exterior walls, including the walls of four chambers, with each room measuring
approximately 3.10 – 3.20 m wide. The exterior walls generally follow natural
fractures and formations in the bedrock.</span><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"> The outskirts of the northern exterior wall are inscribed with foot
graffiti located adjacent with Predynastic petroglyphs and cupules.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkafF60mf3rzQbtmh32h5xUyFiQraHjKgkuR-djk9_05pmEYAAXodXo0_Hdx5Cv_QzRsJJ0WklyNnbCvlp-3QNgou3RaLR1--ndZRqfBmVZIPaW_OTQMbI5HkvqlDC7DEyW7XtXlull04qE1rdn6QKLoxSWPlJshlLWKikyuWkCo9iqmAuLlteetYDEA=s5184" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkafF60mf3rzQbtmh32h5xUyFiQraHjKgkuR-djk9_05pmEYAAXodXo0_Hdx5Cv_QzRsJJ0WklyNnbCvlp-3QNgou3RaLR1--ndZRqfBmVZIPaW_OTQMbI5HkvqlDC7DEyW7XtXlull04qE1rdn6QKLoxSWPlJshlLWKikyuWkCo9iqmAuLlteetYDEA=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">commemorating soles at the Temple of Sobek</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">The
area to the west had never been surveyed or excavated before. Similar to the
main temple, the objectives of these excavations are to estimate the absolute
temple boundaries, establish its various chronological phases together with
potential diverse uses, understand when and why the sanctuary was abandoned,
and how it relates with contemporaneous architecture and infrastructure on
site. The study is also closely connected with the Mission’s excavations of the
adjacent necropolis in that they equally generate a view of the ancient life
the people of Kheny experienced. Such results can be reached through the
integrated analysis of religious practices and material culture. In a larger
picture, the results can be compared with previous research into quarry
activity and life all together at Gebel el-Silsila.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></div><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOkFVl7TtzV7b9P3w3UK05Tv_RzxBR35PI3n6OQ0iCO9gVo4QdO7RRJIt9CFIi76lL9C401rvyPbA4anFDJIMjU_KVXJibZOqL2A0lDrhrIPD5JGqucK8-3x-Jf32qlTuJxcOWfs01UQxcifrJPy2aX7RoAzpRpZ6YkgI_mcpkr5vyq4nItwPWrFLY5Q=s1500" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="1500" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOkFVl7TtzV7b9P3w3UK05Tv_RzxBR35PI3n6OQ0iCO9gVo4QdO7RRJIt9CFIi76lL9C401rvyPbA4anFDJIMjU_KVXJibZOqL2A0lDrhrIPD5JGqucK8-3x-Jf32qlTuJxcOWfs01UQxcifrJPy2aX7RoAzpRpZ6YkgI_mcpkr5vyq4nItwPWrFLY5Q=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Excavating the western part of the temple. Photo by A. Andersson</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="text-indent: 36pt;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="text-indent: 36pt;">According
to local farmers, the area was flooded annually until the 1970’s, resulting in
the accumulation of a large pile of silt and sand debris around a large
tamarisk tree. Mixed in the debris and scattered on the surface were large
amounts of Roman ceramic sherds; and prior to excavation the team found
fragments of painted and dressed sandstone and limestone, equivalent with
material documented in the main temple. The mound of silt and debris rose to
several meters above the natural sandstone slope. Simplified, its stratigraphy
consisted of five main layers, listed from above to below:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="5yl5"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">1) upper
stratum of modern debris (mainly remnants from the making of the new canal); <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="5yl5"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">2) middle layer
of ancient tumbled debris (sandstone, limestone, pottery, etc.); <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="5yl5"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">3) lower level
of pure Nile silt brought by the annual inundation (which at the centre of the
pile contained annual shedding of the tamarisk tree); <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="5yl5"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">4) linear, n-s
oriented series of dressed sandstone blocks, surrounded by levels of crushed,
reused limestone fragments (north) and </span></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a mud-brick structure abutting the sandstone foundation blocks<span class="5yl5"> (south and west)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="5yl5"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">5) bedrock.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="5yl5"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSDKAYmaOEGQ9bzUuRD-xT6xUkmPPaguLdJD2YQTldnYP6oydmDdOdZ-cPtGlzYMZN8Ca6frfLXnnnQaCtWwo1CYft01hKVy6mXNo0smZBMy07rcYte_IPKgnspVDkF8Pe0M7KHYdi-T_Es3kOjpMZKxr7SapAvHcqUC48pZE3Vsb2DvRCLBg3RAWfLw=s5184" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSDKAYmaOEGQ9bzUuRD-xT6xUkmPPaguLdJD2YQTldnYP6oydmDdOdZ-cPtGlzYMZN8Ca6frfLXnnnQaCtWwo1CYft01hKVy6mXNo0smZBMy07rcYte_IPKgnspVDkF8Pe0M7KHYdi-T_Es3kOjpMZKxr7SapAvHcqUC48pZE3Vsb2DvRCLBg3RAWfLw=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">top, modern layer</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">The central area contained evidence
of a Roman kiln (approximately reign of Antonius Pius), surrounded by large
amounts of pottery sherds from this period. Intermingled with the pottery was a
varied combination of items associated with everyday use, such as fishhooks,
nails, animal bones (mainly catfish), etc. The Roman layer also contained a
significant amount of fragments from the original temple, including decorated
and dressed sandstone and limestone details, fragments of sandstone flooring,
and artefacts indicating cultic life, such as a small votive of a crocodile.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiN87wWjQYolh6-YbzKEM9adqYvP0rOelXa6jZB5jLUeazZTnA9aDRriewwLELv5b6H3sAhbjq3G7lmLa_TaMoqnS6jZqvZm3eRIZWji-TnJl8d3lVA1MMcUAtg6MdgPbfodsgQLeQfQj26xsAC0sCQTHEQPvJTqrO33ak5V6zsYCOD01RE5AFr6QJFTQ=s8688" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5792" data-original-width="8688" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiN87wWjQYolh6-YbzKEM9adqYvP0rOelXa6jZB5jLUeazZTnA9aDRriewwLELv5b6H3sAhbjq3G7lmLa_TaMoqnS6jZqvZm3eRIZWji-TnJl8d3lVA1MMcUAtg6MdgPbfodsgQLeQfQj26xsAC0sCQTHEQPvJTqrO33ak5V6zsYCOD01RE5AFr6QJFTQ=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Limestone fragments, reused in later filling</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguqgsvmhEbVqQf8BsWi0RB4OaGbEMGKVorIICEuMfDF9Cu_S4zo85_cAzpMrm-qga0fC83r6cRrIIt4xB8vH3AYBjVlVjtJ2-6Csihf2R57MtSaZP35qfHC7Hal-ZsHvi9jTHeebXEXCVn2Bj4K3xekYVivbohIlqW7UVts4UTxqRtESiftAEmUiF5iA=s8688" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5792" data-original-width="8688" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguqgsvmhEbVqQf8BsWi0RB4OaGbEMGKVorIICEuMfDF9Cu_S4zo85_cAzpMrm-qga0fC83r6cRrIIt4xB8vH3AYBjVlVjtJ2-6Csihf2R57MtSaZP35qfHC7Hal-ZsHvi9jTHeebXEXCVn2Bj4K3xekYVivbohIlqW7UVts4UTxqRtESiftAEmUiF5iA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Roman kiln layer</div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">In
the central area, and below the kiln level, we cleared a rock hewn circular structure
at 6 meters deep into which numerous fragments from the original temple had
been disposed. Several limestone fragments contained raised relief decoration
and hieroglyphic text, although in a poor state of preservation. To the
north-east of the circular structure we discovered fragments of a sandstone
door, including its lintel, with hieroglyphic inscriptions from the reigns of
Amenhotep III and Ramses II respectively. A sandstone fragment of a left
doorjamb contained the Horus-name of Ramses II, while the title of Sobek, as
“Lord of Kheny”, appeared on another. Footprints of another door (doorpost and
semi-circular wear grooves) were found in the southern part of the sandstone
structure, surrounded by mudbrick of 18<sup>th</sup> Dynasty measurements.
Excavation work showed that the mudbrick structure was aligned with the
sandstone foundation blocks, and is currently believed to have had a function
of an embankment. The archaeological work has now connected the western
structure with the main temple, and thereby allowing an estimation of the
sanctuary’s greater extension.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmjJPakr_etykMRFH44tHtCJoiKnzeKGNfroSfiTlP6VaVTQJ4UPKYTsA39TVO-ejF0VkmKsGkmDlN6DfvYfjvgadDGw2YbuAeyJD01PpM-PiK82kV-PGZNPplT4vfmnvZ_tvszm2IJ7yyIz0UuHju9ImWrt2hhPhqExjZEnRoo5-QvBJaXZHkAjAhEg=s8688" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="8688" data-original-width="5792" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmjJPakr_etykMRFH44tHtCJoiKnzeKGNfroSfiTlP6VaVTQJ4UPKYTsA39TVO-ejF0VkmKsGkmDlN6DfvYfjvgadDGw2YbuAeyJD01PpM-PiK82kV-PGZNPplT4vfmnvZ_tvszm2IJ7yyIz0UuHju9ImWrt2hhPhqExjZEnRoo5-QvBJaXZHkAjAhEg=s320" width="213" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pit of Sobek</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Methods</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="5yl5"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The method of
excavation is to remove the surface layer, following the bedrock where exposed,
or remaining blocks. The area is documented by means of photogrammetry pre-,
para-, and post-excavation, combined with traditional archaeological recording
techniques, photography and GIS mapping.</span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-gmjhxqOYn-qzIDj5o_nCUhQBuIMN-EdXGkbVyVvjj5BvyZ3AUZmYdCG_pJk51Ox4WqoHd_557rP0Xv23piVlrPKQkAs74TGdOeNVpskDZ1XDkHjMR7wolGo1lLbfFzj0wbNZy2Gc9dDGyLtLkG32MeC82Sy09gITiql1SdXROWmoJBJUv3rgM90Y9w=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-gmjhxqOYn-qzIDj5o_nCUhQBuIMN-EdXGkbVyVvjj5BvyZ3AUZmYdCG_pJk51Ox4WqoHd_557rP0Xv23piVlrPKQkAs74TGdOeNVpskDZ1XDkHjMR7wolGo1lLbfFzj0wbNZy2Gc9dDGyLtLkG32MeC82Sy09gITiql1SdXROWmoJBJUv3rgM90Y9w=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Normal day at work...</td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Season 15 archaeological work<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The work consisted of a continuous
investigation in and around the pit of Sobek, including the recovery of
dressed, painted and architectural elements from the destroyed temple. The
gate/pylon area was explored further, as was the investigation to the south of
the hypostyle hall. The main effort, however, laid on the investigation of the
eastern boundary of the temple in agreement with the orders given by the
inspectorate of Aswan and Gebel el-Silsila. There, the Mission discovered the
foundation blocks of the south-east corner and the continuing eastern part of
the sandstone enclosure wall along with fragments of the main cult statue
(Sobek) and the statuary face of an 18<sup>th</sup> Dynasty pharaoh. In
addition, work was carried out regarding the removal and landscaping to the
external areas of the temple, redefining the boundaries of the temple to the
north and east, and the initiation of the construction of a temporary wall to
the northern and eastern boundaries. All work in the temple involved daily
archaeological documentation, photography, and photogrammetry, and all temple
artefacts and stone fragments were registered. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5792" data-original-width="8688" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcJpGsEWIkokuT4kNksrRfyW3V44F2IwGUaHwmK-ItfvpazYFFuhQLbedOfUyb-skfUYk0tyxF9kXP-C74DM8pANoSBPSGmZ7fblPdmPiTfP0hDruTQhdYuf1YMwuN7E1GBnY6ACImU5EH3hRP07Z56O4KGDLljIczhfS0rE0QRIuvwIZW2NDqFDbMCQ=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the love for stratigraphy...<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyprojecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00867815937748905584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-465008644602917341.post-26296902265550276052021-12-03T16:38:00.000+02:002021-12-03T16:38:15.024+02:00Celebrating 15 seasons and 10 years on site!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">Next year, the Gebel el-Silsila Project celebrates a decade </span>on
site, although the preparations began already in 2011. It has been far too long
since we posted any updates here, and we aim to make a change now, starting
with some images of reminiscence. Stay tuned, seasons’ summaries from the past
year will appear soon!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCVshxOOFV2n6hpWHzMXJE7WUTFhlW17lyt0cHVzTe70L5GtFtwiXRUe8BeNiSVDJALwMBiZdx3DHWUMkfmdtg5jrwpVJZmTP6MG9Ag35IaDzoCgP_L6tpX60VRJXejfD7zlTAVKHGNqeA/s4608/Team+of+s.+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCVshxOOFV2n6hpWHzMXJE7WUTFhlW17lyt0cHVzTe70L5GtFtwiXRUe8BeNiSVDJALwMBiZdx3DHWUMkfmdtg5jrwpVJZmTP6MG9Ag35IaDzoCgP_L6tpX60VRJXejfD7zlTAVKHGNqeA/s320/Team+of+s.+1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;">Team of Season 1 (2012)</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3PCHBCMMbKAZjqNqRV5LaeHcvHGKOQYWmW0KsAdEEJBQds1I0BPsTNcsW7PDLszsaoTXVoKa8WuT_KtDEg3iZn5cx5o36g3MJlyomAhjj4PoPcbuBs6wHV1g0GBwWiqcwhHgRryWtJpUt/s4912/Team+of+s.+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4912" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3PCHBCMMbKAZjqNqRV5LaeHcvHGKOQYWmW0KsAdEEJBQds1I0BPsTNcsW7PDLszsaoTXVoKa8WuT_KtDEg3iZn5cx5o36g3MJlyomAhjj4PoPcbuBs6wHV1g0GBwWiqcwhHgRryWtJpUt/s320/Team+of+s.+2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;">Team of Season 2 (2013)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyprojecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00867815937748905584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-465008644602917341.post-52637708325324849882019-11-04T15:49:00.000+02:002019-11-04T15:49:09.266+02:00Back to site - Season 13 has begun!<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Well,
we’re in full swing, and two weeks into Season 13 the Gebel el-Silsila team has
already made some amazing discoveries! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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spent several days focusing on the site of Shatt el-Rigal located adjacent to the
northern boundary of Gebel el-Silsila on the west bank. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wadi Shatt el-Rigal</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">Image: Google Earth</span></td></tr>
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area, which rises high above the verdant Nile valley below, is marked by steep and
rocky sun baked hills, flowing sand dunes, and jaw-dropping archaeology. Our
current excavation and tentative results at Shatt el-Rigal must, for now at
least, remain top secret, but stay tuned!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">View of the Nile Valley from Shatt el-Rigal</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></td></tr>
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we CAN tell you about is our recent exploration of Wadi Shatt el-Rigal. The
wadi, Arabic for dry river bed, snakes deep into the western desert cutting
through the sandstone landscape. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wadi
Shatt el-Rigal is best known for the colossal relief of Mentuhotep II, who
reunited Egypt in Dynasty 12 after the 2<sup>nd</sup> intermediate period. Upon
entering the wadi you need only walk several hundred meters and you are
confronted with this beautiful depiction. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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however, you venture further and look closer you will find that this place
bears the marks and scars of not merely this great king, but 10,000 years of
human history! The wadi shows evidence of human activity from the epipalaeolithic
to the 20<sup>th</sup> century, from the earliest tick marks to trade route
camel tracks, everything is here! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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differentiates this wadi from so many others is the plethora of inscriptions
and rock art sites, which cover most any viably inscribable surface. There are
simple peck marks, clearly defined animal depictions like giraffes (my
favorite), crocodiles, ibex, birds, and more, anthropomorphic figures,
geometric shapes, cartouches, kings, and gods to name just a few. </span></div>
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another popular depiction, boats, and on this day we set out determined to walk
the length of the wadi to thoroughly document the so-called boats of Hatshepsut
first mentioned by Archibald Sayce in 1906. An ultimate goal for the Gebel
el-Silsila team is to find, document, and analyze all of the sites. Never
before has such a detailed study been conducted on all historical periods. Another goal is to answer the
long debated but never answered question, why here? What was so special about
this wadi that made kings and commoners alike want to leave their mark? Again,
stay tuned for what we find out!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">For
those of you have continued to support the Gebel el-Silsila mission, we are
incalculably grateful. Without that support we would not be able to further our
explorations and reveal the secrets, which our beloved Madam Silsila wishes to
divulge.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyprojecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00867815937748905584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-465008644602917341.post-11631594712609998592019-10-03T10:33:00.001+02:002019-10-03T10:33:25.082+02:00Celebrating Tutankhamun: Silsila excavations<span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 900;"><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/celebrating-tutankhamen-silsila-excavations" target="_blank"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">CELEBRATING TUTANKHAMUN:excavations of a workers’ village at Gebel el-Silsila</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 900;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">Summary</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">With the upcoming 100-year jubilee since Howard Carter’s opening of Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb in Valley of the Kings in 1922, the Silsila Team would like to celebrate the golden boy-king and his family, by exploring for the first time, a workers’ village and quarry, dedicated to and marked with his name. The results of the survey and excavation work are to be presented and published in a monograph in 2022, coinciding with the Tutankhamun Jubilee celebrations, in Egypt and the world. The study includes an important and critical Middle Kingdom (c 2040-1782 BCE) fortress overlooking the Nile and guarding the border to Nubia. Funding for the season is already mainly at hand, with the exception of 10,000 Euro that is needed to cover the rental costs of our dig house and some basic archaeological equipement: the goal for this crowdfunding campaign is to raise funds to cover these costs. Any amount over the goal will go directly to the project (wages to our workers, daily runnings).</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Main funding period: September 25 – October 9 2019 (2 weeks!)</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 900;">Funding goal: </span><span style="font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">120,000 SEK</span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 900;"> (= 12,000 EURO/USD)</span><span style="font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">(including fees)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">1 $; 1 €; 0.8 £ = 10 SEK (therabout)<br style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Expedition periods:</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Step 1: Winter 2019</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Step 2: Spring 2020</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">Gebel el-Silsila (including the areas of Nag el-Hammam and Shatt el-Rigal) has been studied by the Swedish mission since 2012, on behalf of Lund University and in cooperation with the Egyptian Antiquity Services. This scientific, international team, directed by Dr. Maria Nilsson and John Ward, includes 85 professional researchers, archaeologists and digital recorders. Until the Swedish mission begun work in 2012, no detailed archaeological study had been carried out. The Swedish concession now holds a permission to excavate, preserve and to continue its comprehensive documentation in cooperation with the Egyptian authorities.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 900;">What we would like to do</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The archaeology at Gebel el-Silsila is astonishing. The team has surveyed and excavated various monuments and quarries dating to Pharaoh Amenhotep III (c. 1386-1353 BCE) and his son, Amenhotep IV (c. 1353–1336 BCE), later known as Akhenaten. Attention has now turned to Tutankhamun (grandson)(c.1336-1327 BCE) and site institutions used during his reign, namely a quarry and the workers’ village.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">The material consists of dozens of stone shelters located on a small hill in the northern part of Gebel el-Silsila, with with surface artifacts dating to the reign of Tutankhamun. Situated immediately below, is a quarry with the name of the famous boy-king. The Swedish archaeological mission (Lund University) at Gebel el-Silsila began a surface survey of the area in 2018, revealing three main clusters of shelters, including pens for animals.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">During a rather recent looting attempt (before the start of the Gebel el Silsila Project), one of the shelters was emptied of its contents, after which the looters left broken ceramic sherds on the surface. The team’s ceramicist dated the sherds to the so-called Post-Amarna period. Intriguingly, the epigraphic context at Gebel el-Silsila, especially text graffiti, indicate that the village may sit upon an older fortress, and that Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s workers found a stronghold perhaps already from the reign of Pepi I (Old Kingdom, (c. 2613-2181 BCE)) enhancing and adapting to their current requirements. The settlement has never been scientifically documented, surveyed or excavated. Modern village expansions of Nag el-Hammam threaten the ancient remains requiring immediate study, analysis and documentation.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The initial survey revealed archaeological evidence for at least four chronological periods of activity: 1) Post-Amarna; 2) Ramesside; 3) Roman; and 4) passing by Ottoman. However, the structural formation of the overall area, when seen from above, is very similar to Middle Kingdom fortresses, for which an earlier phase cannot be excluded.</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br /><br style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 900;">Even older history?</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The ancient Egyptian name of Gebel el-Silsila was Kheny or Khenu, which is generally translated as the “Rowing Place”, but could equally signify the “Mouth of the River”. Its earliest attestation is a reference from a 4th Dynasty mastaba in Dashur, belonging to prince Iynefer, son of Sneferu. Shortly thereafter occurs the earliest hieroglyphic inscription at Gebel el-Silsila itself: a cartouche of Pepi I, located along the main cenotaph pathway on the west bank. It is plausible that the site was taken under state control as a quarry already during this time, considering other, contemporaneous, quarry expeditions to Nubia. The strategic location of Gebel el-Silsila, with a clear line of sight in all directions, may also have inspired the army to set up a camp during the military campaigns into Nubia.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The name “Kheny” occurs again in a Middle Kingdom papyrus, labelled as Papyrus Brooklyn 35.1446. Written in black ink hieratic, Line 21 lists a name of a fugitive of the state called “Hemenwosre, son of Khnumhotep”, and describes him as a “man of Rokhen(y) of the department of the plough-lands of …”. The topographic name is generally accepted to denote Kheny, and the site clearly marks the border to Nubia.</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Another text, Papyrus Berlin 10495, provide us with the topographic name of Kheny in a series of seventeen fortresses listed during the Middle Kingdom. Once again, the site is described as marking the boundary between Egypt and Nubia.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">The team has only scratched the surface of Old-Middle Kingdom activity in the region, but with hundreds of texts documented – some recently published, and more prepared (and including the name of the Major of Kheny!) – documentation of Old-Middle Kingdom quarrying techniques, road systems, and other infrastructure, and planned excavations of the possible fortress, we hope to succeed in painting a fuller picture of life at Gebel el-Silsila.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 900;">Project goals:</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The objectives for the seasons of 2019/2020 are to:</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">1) conduct a thorough GIS documentation (by means of a total station) to produce a map of the area. The survey will incorporate the larger area to include also the valley of the destroyed temple, and the connected ancient road system; GIS mapping combined with 3D documentation will produce detailed maps of the areas, enabling understanding of the spatial distribution and the relation between man-made and landscape architecture.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Lato, Trebuchet, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">Already, the initial survey has resulted in groundbreaking information, changing (again) the general perception of the workers’ status and their activity on site. Further studies will allow deeper socio-anthropological understanding of ancient Egyptian workers and their families at large, as well as the day-to-day activities on site. The excavations of the settlement and the study of its potential reuse and upgrading of an older military fortress are anticipated to reveal important clues to the socio-economic and administrative climate in Upper Egypt, in which Gebel el-Silsila was seen as the last barrier to Nubia and had to be protected for the sake of political stability for Egypt’s people. Such need was crucial during the Middle Kingdom, and yet again during the post-Amarna period. Such results will add important facets to the study of Egyptology and ancient history at large, reaching far beyond the local archaeology.</span></span><br />
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gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyprojecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00867815937748905584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-465008644602917341.post-62566523834421343962019-02-27T17:53:00.001+02:002019-02-27T17:53:20.715+02:00New Kingdom workshop and ram-headed sphinxes excavated in Gebel el-Silsila<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Swedish-Egyptian mission at Gebel
el-Silsila, led by Dr. Maria Nilsson and John Ward (Lund University), under the
supervision of Dr. Mostafa Waziri, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of
Antiquities and Mr. Abdel Moniem, General Director of Aswan and Nubia
Inspectorate, has discovered a New Kingdom sandstone workshop and several
sculptures during their excavations.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">General overview prior to excavation<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">General overview during excavations</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Overview after excavation of sphinx</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Included in the finds, a large criosphinx (ram-headed
sphinx) was discovered under several meters of quarry spoil and debris. Only
its head was visible before. The ram-headed sphinx measures approximately 5 m
long, 3.5 m high, and 1.5 m wide, and was carved in a style comparable with the
criosphinxes to the south of Khonsu Temple at Karnak. Archaeological context
suggests a date from Amenhotep III of the 18<sup>th</sup> Dynasty. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">making 3D-models during excavation work</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PhD scholar Moamen Saad documenting the finds with total station</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">During the sphinx excavations and placed
up-side-down next to the large sculpture’s stomach, the team discovered a
smaller practice piece of another sphinx, perhaps carved by an apprentice. Both
sculptures are preserved in a rough-cut and prepared for transportation, but
were likely abandoned at Gebel el-Silsila as the larger sculpture fractured.
Since then, later Roman quarry activity buried the sphinxes in spoil. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Nearby the practice piece, embedded in the
walls of a contemporary workshop, was also uncovered a rough-cut <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">uraeus</i> (coiled cobra), made to crown the
head of the larger sphinx, and a blank round-top stela. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">During the excavations, hundreds of hieroglyphic
fragments were discovered, belonging to a destroyed Naos of Amenhotep III (Naos
E), together with new sculpture fragments of the associated falcon. In
addition, parts of an obelisk, including its pyramidion, were retrieved.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Part of the cartouche of Amenhotep III (Neb-Maat-Re)</td></tr>
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Included in the find is also a quarry text
written in red ochre during the reign of Amenhotep III (c. 3350 years ago) at
the time of the opening of the quarry, preserved with the depiction of a large
scale figure. The team’s epigraphers are currently working on the text and image.</div>
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Excavations and
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sun crowns the second (more exposed) crio-sphinx </td></tr>
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production company Windfall Films for National Geographic Channel (The Lost
Treasures of Egypt: Warrior Pharaoh Queen) airing now, and UK Channel 4
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The team would like to thank the Permanent
Committee for granting us permission to continue our work at Gebel el-Silsila,
to Mr. Abdel Moniem, General Director of Aswan and Nubia, as well as Dr. Mostafa
Waziri, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities . We would
equally like to thank all our sponsors, patrons, family and friends who support
us throughout this incredible work. Thank you! </div>
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honoured by a two-day visit of the Swedish Ambassador to Egypt, H.E. Jan
Thesleff, and second Secretary Mr. Ahmed Ismail this last week. They arrived in
the midst of this year’s worst sandstorm, but nevertheless shared a great meal
with the team and visited some of the monuments of the West Bank. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">greeting on the boat during the storm, little Jonathan had the great honor to meet H.E. our ambassador</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bio-archaeologist Poppy shows H.E. Ambassador Thesleff and Secretary Ahmed some of the osteological finds</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PhD scholar Moamen Saad introduces the speos</td></tr>
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by Mr. Abdel Moniem, General Director of Aswan and Nubia, Mr. Khaled Shawky,
Director of Abu Simbel, Mr. Mostafa Badawi, representative for the Kom Ombo
Inspectorate, Mr. Mohamed Ibrahim, Inspector of Gebel el-Silsila, and Mdm Zienab,
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<span lang="EN-GB">The team was incredibly honoured to show the
most recent discoveries in the 18<sup>th</sup> Dynasty cemetery, which marked
the start of a lovely walk through the marvellous landscape of Gebel
el-Silsila. Walking eastwards, there were glimpses of a unique Epipalaeolithic
Rock Art panel and some bushy tailed giraffes characteristic for the
Predynastic period, below which is a quarry (Q7) belonging to the period of
Amenhotep III-IV, crowned by the famous stele of Amenhotep IV presenting
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galleries of the same period, leading to another site of new discoveries this
season: the “Fallen Monuments’ Quarry” (Q15). For those interested, the discoveries
will be released soon, and the start of the excavations was filmed by a UK
production company earlier this year to be aired during the spring! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The group returned to the cemetery, and
H.E. Ambassador Thesleff was shown the waterlogged tomb that reached the news
recently. Meanwhile Chef Abdalla John had prepared a fabulous lunch, which
everyone shared on site. It was a great honour for the international mission to
personally introduce each one of our fabulous Egyptian workers, without whom
none of the work on site would be possible. Sharing lunch together, side by
side, was a great reminder of how close this great Silsila family is!</div>
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visit, PhD scholar Moamen Saad shared his latest research of the magnificent
Nile stelae and chapels, which after this season’s excavations have revealed
more information and architectural elements (once destroyed or buried during an
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Similar to H.E. Ambassador Charlotta Sparre, who stood on these steps during her visit to Gebel el-Silsila two years ago, H.E. Ambassador Jan Thesleff paid his respect to the site as he climbed the royal staircase of Ramses II!</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The team would like to express its deepest
gratitude to H.E. Ambassador Thesleff and Mr. Ahmed Ismail, as well as all the
representatives from the Egyptian Antiquity Ministry, for honouring us with
their visit, making a great contribution towards strengthening the ties between
Sweden and Egypt. On behalf of all the people represented in the images, we
would also like to express our thankfulness towards our awesome photographers,
without whom we would not be able to share these glimpses. Thank you Mr. Robert
Mittelstaedt (our chief photographer), Mr. Ahmed Monsour (Reis), PhD scholar
Moamen Saad, and archaeologist Trisha Coletto! An extra thank you dear Abdalla
Ali/John for presenting two great dinners for us to share!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyprojecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00867815937748905584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-465008644602917341.post-82236751783667692402018-12-30T14:06:00.001+02:002019-04-13T15:55:10.208+02:00THANK YOU!<br />
<span style="font-family: "segoe script";">Dear all,</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "segoe script"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Prior to this, our Season 12, we put in
process a massive <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/254112462/what-happened-to-sobek-digging-the-crocs-at-silsil?" target="_blank">Kickstarter campaign</a> targeting work in the Temple of Sobek on
the East Bank of Silsila. We were overwhelmed as we reached our goal and
thereby secured the continuation of work at this particular site. As part of
this campaign, our backers were able to choose between various rewards, of
which one was an official thank you here on our blog. After receiving our
backers’ approval, the time has now come for us to publically thank each one of
you who made this work possible! Please find the list of backers, arranged
alphabetically, below (including some whom wished to remain anonymous). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Well, one of the main achievements is that we have physically connected the
Main Temple with the Western Structure by removing, sifting, and analysing the massive
mound of silt, soil and archaeological remains known to the team as “Temple
Mound”. We are incredibly grateful to our dedicated Egyptian workers for being patient,
understanding and willing to continue the daily battle against this mound,
including its modern hard spoil left from the building of the adjacent modern
canal. Without our workers aid, we would not have been able to reach such great
results in one season!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">connecting the structures, here showing a part of the mound still <i>in situ</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Workers taking on the Mound during the previous season. Photo by <a href="https://www.fotografhalmstad.se/" target="_blank">Anders Andersson</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Connecting the structures - in progress. Photo by <a href="https://www.fotografhalmstad.se/" target="_blank">Anders Andersson</a></td></tr>
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so far focused on its central part, in which a circular rock-cut structure was
revealed, and thus far reaches some 5-6 m below the ground. Work is still
ongoing, and has now changed from sand and soil archaeology to excavations of
wet mud as a pump is required to remove the ground water from therein. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3D model of work progress. Photogrammetry by John Ward</td></tr>
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excavating the circular structure has resulted in a large amount of fragments
from the once magnificent Temple of Sobek. With over 500 sandstone fragments, nearly
200 limestone details, various small finds (including evidence that links Silsila with Roman Gaul!), and thousands of ceramic sherds, we
consider the work in the temple a great success. However, we are not finished
yet! Work will continue until the end of our season, after which we hope to
begin putting together a beautiful book on Sobek as promised our backers of the
campaign.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Limestone detail of the little rower man, a glyph that forms the first sign in the ancient name of Silsila: "Kheny"!</td></tr>
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project, helping us reveal more information about the Temple of Sobek – or the
newly discovered subterranean shaft tomb, aid us with funds to employ more
workers, buy a new pump or other important equipment, please support us by
donating on our <a href="http://friendsofsilsila.com/" target="_blank">Friends of Silsila webpage</a>! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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would like to thank you all for your support and encouragement, and to wish you
all the best for a Happy, Prosperous, Healthy and Adventurous New Year 2019! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Jane Akshar<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Jens Allwood<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Anders Andersson<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Tove Andersson<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Pierre Arnold III<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Paul Bagheri-Poubanne<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Annelise Baer<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Mary Banks<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Elaine Barke<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Lida Barmala<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Shannon Beltz<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Shelby Beltz<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Karin Berggren<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Nils & Anna Carin Billing</span></span><br />
<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Erin Bisson<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Susanna Blåndman<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Ann Brun<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">John Burn<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Jeff Burzacott<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Yvonne Buskens-Frenken<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Etta Chatterjee<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Mats Cullhed<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Lynn Couture<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Annica Dahlström<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Katie Davenport-Mackey<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Sharon Davidson<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Darryl Dobson<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Jennifer Dyer<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Rudi Endresen<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Françoise Entelis<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Raphael Epand<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Nils Essle<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Isabella Faroppa<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Raquel Agrás Flores<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Melanie Friederichs<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Yishay Gabrieli<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Linda Garza Hansen<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Bronwyn and Peter Harrison</span></span><br />
<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Carole Gillis<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Richard Grant<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Sven Grimm<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Tiffany Hall<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Diane Hanger<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Beverley Haystead<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Debra Hayward<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Andy Hicks<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Brenda Hill<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Kristoffer Holmén<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Sofia Häggman<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Inger Jakobsson<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Tony Jibbefors<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Dr. Kim A Jobst DM FRCP MFHom<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Sasha K (Sobekemiti)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Sölve Kajanus<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Maria Karlman Noleryd<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Allan King<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Josa Kärre<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Matthew King<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Lena Kristensson<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Niklas Kärrman<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Anna Lagaron<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Lars Larsson<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Stephen Lazenby<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Susan Lea</span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Marie Lebeau</span></span><br />
<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Petra Lether<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Tom Lesniewski<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Jeszika Le Vye<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Emma Libonati<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Ulrika Lindblom-Nilsson<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Stephanie Lindeburg<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Anna Lindqvist<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Ted Loukes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Andrea Lundberg Blank<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Dan Madsen<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Elisabeth Maubert<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Beatrice Mackenzie<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Flore Mayvial<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Chandler McGowan<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Denise McGrath<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">MEHEN<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Françoise Meyer<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">James Miller<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Kyra van der Moezel<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Glyn Morris<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Krista Moyls<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Charlie Nilsson<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Fredrik Nilsson<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Gunhild Nilsson<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Johan Nilsson<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Lill Nilsson<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Maria Nilsson<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Svante Nilsson<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Miss Leanne Northrop<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Hans Nyman<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Ingemar Nyman<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Jennifer OConnell<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Helen Ollett-Nash<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Eva Oredsson<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Kim Nelson & Jackson Ovadia<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Vincenzo Pannone</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Patrick Patzer</span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Leena Pekkalainen<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Jenny Persson<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Julie Phillips<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Alban-Brice Pimpaud<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Carolyn Prior<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Berit Prohaszka<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Johanna Rex<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Sue Retzer<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Britnee Ricks<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Carlo Rindi Nuzzolo<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Abby and Bryn Roberts<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Peter Robinson<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Richard Rossi<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Vincenzo Salvatore Pannone<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Benita Schreuder<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Sebastian<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Astrid Segmar<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Brian & Pam Silverian<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Robert Skinner<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Amanda Slack<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Mrs Julie Smith<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Martin Smith<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Michele Stopera Freyhauf<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Rocci Stucci<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Pia Svanbom<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Sofia Svensson<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Kevin Swanson<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Robert and Olivia Temple<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Karen Thomas<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Jen Thum<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Debbie Tily<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Ian Tompkins<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Dr. CMCl Toporow<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Paula Tutty<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Margareta Törngren<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Vanellus Trust<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Juliane Unger<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Julie Villaeys <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">John Ward<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Charlotte Weaver<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Judith Weingarten<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Tobias Werner<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Gertie Werner-Bäumer<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">James Whitfield<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">George Wood<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Robin Young<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(0 , 0 , 0); font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Renée Zetterlund<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "segoe script"; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Lihi Zilverberg</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #020621;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyprojecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00867815937748905584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-465008644602917341.post-29468178700305976752018-12-13T14:26:00.000+02:002018-12-13T14:26:33.894+02:00NEW DISCOVERY! Intact mass grave discovered in Gebel el-Silsila<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Today,
the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquity went out with the press release of our
latest discovery, announced by Dr. Mostafa Waziri, General Secretary. Here is the
update!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Swedish-Egyptian mission at Gebel el-Silsila, Aswan Region, led by Dr. Maria
Nilsson and John Ward (Lund University), under the supervision of the inspectorates of Aswan and Kom Ombo, has discovered an undecorated shaft
tomb (5 m deep) with two chambers dating to the 18<sup>th</sup> Dynasty
(Thutmosid period). The tomb is water filled and requires pumping to allow
excavations. Since a recent looting attempt in the tomb is also filled with
sand and silt, and the extent of damage that was caused to the monument is
still to be assessed. Mr. Abdel Moniem, General Director of Aswan and Nubia,
says that the team is currently estimating the preservation of the tomb, as the
movement of water and sand has caused great disturbance to the interior,
artefacts and osteological remains, but it appears to be intact and undisturbed
from looting. So far, the team has discovered three sandstone sarcophagi, two
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the shaft into chamber 1. Photograph by Anders Andersson</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The team (l-r: Ibrahim, John, Ali, Ahmed) prepare one of the child sarcophagi to be lifted</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Men-Kheper-Re scarab, photograph by Anders Andersson</td></tr>
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indications of at least three generations, ranging from Thutmosis II to
Amenhotep II (<i>c</i>. 3400 years ago). Exceptionally,
the team has documented the remains of <i>so
far</i> a minimum of over 60 individuals (2/3 adults and 1/3 children) have
been discovered, but with excavations still ongoing the team estimates the
amount to increase. No other tomb documented at Gebel el-Silsila previously has
contained such a high number of entombed individuals. One of the more important
results of the discovery at Gebel el-Silsila is the amount of buried children
and women, indicating that there was a complete society with entire families
living and working in ancient Kheny. Excavations are scheduled to continue
until the end of the year.<br />
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<br />gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyprojecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00867815937748905584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-465008644602917341.post-23097714326104878082018-08-27T08:44:00.000+02:002018-08-27T08:44:52.479+02:00Congratulations Mohamed MohsenToday we wish to make a more personal update, not so much from the field, but regarding one of our Egyptian colleagues, as we congratulate inspector Mohamed Mohsen on his wedding day! <div>
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Mohamed has been with the Silsila team since our Season 2 (10 seasons ago!), and has grown not only as a person, but also as a fabulous photographer! </div>
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Since we cannot celebrate Mohamed in person today, we wish to congratulate him by a series of photos of his time at Silsila. <div>
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Congratulations dear Mohamed, and all the luck, happiness, love and positive abundance to the two of you!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Climbing his way to the top! Photo by Anders Andersson</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photograph of the photographer, by Anders Andersson</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Giving scale to the tomb, photo by Anders Andersson</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo of the photographer, by John Ward</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">in the field, photograph by John Ward</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First day of Season 2, our Naos Quarry (GeSE.Q37), photo by John Ward</td></tr>
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gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyprojecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00867815937748905584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-465008644602917341.post-17697434207453468812018-08-06T09:02:00.000+02:002018-08-06T09:02:30.246+02:00What happened to Sobek? Digging the crocs at SilsilaDear all,<br />
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due to increased prices in Egypt, we are now turning to you for your help in making one of our various projects possible:<br />
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Help us solve the mystery of what happened to the crocodile-god Sobek and his temple!<br />
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If everyone can contribute with as little as 5 € or $ 6 (with several other options), we can reach a long way, and to make it happen we have to reach our goal of c. 25,000 €. We therefore ask you all to please join in and support the campaign, making the search for Sobek possible!<br />
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Please follow the link:<br />
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/254112462/what-happened-to-sobek-digging-the-crocs-at-silsil/<br />
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<br />gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyprojecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00867815937748905584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-465008644602917341.post-47982999556067612352017-12-19T12:27:00.002+02:002017-12-19T12:27:11.146+02:00Intact child burials reveal new clues into family life at Gebel el-Silsila<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
With our 10th successful season completed, there are so many things we would love to share with you. For this, there will be a series of updates within the coming months, ranging from field reports to 3D imagery, etc. For today´s update, we would like to highlight the most recent news as released by the Ministry of Antiquities this month, here in an <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;">extended (popular
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;">However, firstly, and on behalf of the entire Silsila Team, we would like to thank our Egyptian colleague, Mr Ashraf Mohamed, who after having dedicated twelve years as an inspector at Gebel el-Silsila, has left us for el-Kab. We wish him all the luck and success in his new job! Thank you for the many wonderful memories, laughter and shared excitement on site, as well as for your true love for Gebel el-Silsila! Thank you Ashraf!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">During their ongoing excavations, the
Swedish-Egyptian archaeological mission (Lund University), headed by Dr. Maria
Nilsson and John Ward in cooperation with the inspectorate of Kom Ombo and
Aswan directed by Mr. Abdel Menum (Aswan) and Mr. Ahmed Sayed (Kom Ombo),
discovered several intact child burials as well as crypts and chambers for
adults in the 18th Dynasty Necropolis at Gebel el-Silsila in the Aswan region.</span></div>
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An eroded wooden sarcophagus/coffin, partially sealed with mud, containing
inhumation of a child (ST63), c. 6-9 years, oriented with head in the east,
facing north. Poorly preserved coffin, heavily eroded by annual flooding, salt,
and destroyed by beetles. The grave contained several burial goods,
including 10 ceramic items (intact beer jars, wine vessels, plates, and bowls),
bronze bracelets, a bronze razor, four scarabs attached to the child’s left
wrist, and a nefer-amulet found in the chest-area (moved from its original
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A rock cut crypt (ST59) containing young child (2-3 years), wrapped in linen
and surrounded by organic material (possibly wooden coffin) destroyed by
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Inhumation of a child (ST64), c. 5-8 years, oriented with head in the east,
unknown facial direction due to later disturbance of the head, possibly caused
when burying the child of ST63. Body wrapped in linen and laid on reed matting.
Burial goods included three scarabs, one of which contained the royal name of
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Inhumation of child (ST69), c-5-8 years, oriented with head to the north,
facing east. Buried without any obvious care in quarried area, and covered with
quarry spoil. No immediate relation with surrounding tombs. Some indications of
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kind found at Gebel el Silsila, in the fact that both were preserved with
complete funerary goods. It allows an insight into both material culture as
well as funerary customs and religious beliefs, but even more so provides the
team with socio-political information and the social status of those entombed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to study completely preserved inhumations, giving pathological information,
i.e. their general health and medical situation, but they are also a strong
indication of the existence and activity of complete families on site,
supporting the team’s previous hypothesis of a operative society on site in
contrast with only quarry activities. The finds bring the team one step closer
to finding the village of Kheny (ancient name of Gebel el Silsila) or what
possibly was a more local village co-existing with the larger township of Kheny.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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discovered 11 new crypts and several ‘new’ burial chambers, mainly looted
during or since antiquity. The archaeological material includes bones, ceramic
vessels, jewellery, textile, ‘plaster’, and wood.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;">The finds follow a line of recent discoveries made
by the team, all which date to the Thutmosid period, including 1) an usurped
relief scene in the Speos of Horemheb, showing a large ship carrying an
obelisk, comparable with the scene of Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari; 2) six
statues and relief scenes within shrines 30-31 from the reigns of Hatshepsut
and Thutmosis III; and 3) decoration and architectural details in limestone
from the initial building activity of the Temple of Sobek on the East Bank.
Together with the most recent discoveries in the Necropolis, all these finds
reveal the importance of Gebel el-Silsila during the Thutmosid period, blooming
with socio-political and religious activity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;">Funding for this fieldwork has been provided by a
grant from the National Geographic Society (grant # HJ-103R-17), Gerda Henkel
Stiftung, the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, Mehen and
TVAES, along with the kind and generous support of private donors. The team
would like to express their deepest gratitude to all support received, without
which none of this work could have been conducted. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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In 2015 the Gebel el Silsila Project reported on the discovery of a series of
tombs located in the north of Gebel el-Silsila East, in the area immediately to
the north of the famous stele of Amenhotep IV and stretching westwards to the
Nile. While the tombs had been described by a few previous visitors to the
site, no comprehensive survey, neither any proper archaeological work had been
conducted until 2015.<br />
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During the first two seasons of excavating the necropolis, 58 tombs were
identified, of which almost twenty were excavated. To this day, 69 tombs have
been identified, and a total of almost 30 have been excavated. 21 of the 69
tombs are crypts.<br />
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The tombs contain various architectural markers, including 1-2 rock-cut
chambers, external courtyards, and dressed portcullis – slot-cuts into the door
jambs by the entry to the tombs, into which a (stone-) slab would have been placed
to seal the door after burial. In addition to the chamber burials, there are
crypts cut into the rock, and niches possibly used for offering.<br />
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The majority of the tombs excavated so far – with the main exception of two
infant burials, two older children/young adults discovered and excavated during
the previous season (2016/2017) and the four child burials found this season –
have been plundered already during antiquity, and then been left neglected and
without further disturbance, and since covered by up to 3m of Nile silt, blown
in sand, and fallen quarry spoil and debris.<br />
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Some of the individual tombs reveal multiple burials within the same chamber or
crypt, possibly complete families, and individuals of varying ages and sex. In
addition, the newly discovered infant/child burials present another aspect to
the cemetery, clearly indicating family life at Gebel el-Silsila.<br />
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The archaeological material produced from the newly discovered tombs and
burials chronologically correlate with those excavated previously, so far
limited to the Thutmosid period (Thutmosis II - Amenhotep II). In addition to
the tombs themselves, the excavation has revealed finely dressed sandstone
sarcophagi, sculptured and occasionally painted pottery coffins, painted
cartonnage, textile and organic wrapping, ceramic vessels and plates, as well
as an array of jewellery, amulets and scarabs.<br />
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The vast amount of human remains so far recovered from the necropolis indicates
the individuals were generally healthy. At this time, very little
evidence of malnutrition and infection has been discovered, although exceptions
occur. Fractures of the long bones and increased muscle attachments
amongst the skeletal remains indicate behaviours related to occupational
hazards and an extremely labour-intensive environment. Furthermore, many of the
injuries appear to be in an advanced stage of healing, suggesting effective
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;">Luxor Times, written by Mena Melad: <a href="http://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.se/2017/12/intact-child-burials-reveal-new-clues.html">http://luxortimesmagazine.blogspot.se/2017/12/intact-child-burials-reveal-new-clues.html</a>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;">Live Science report, written by Stephanie Pappas: <a href="https://www.livescience.com/61211-child-graves-discovered-in-ancient-egypt.html">https://www.livescience.com/61211-child-graves-discovered-in-ancient-egypt.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;">BBC: <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42364085">http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42364085</a>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">team, and wish you all Happy Holidays! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyprojecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00867815937748905584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-465008644602917341.post-5369439192880606882017-06-29T17:26:00.000+02:002017-06-29T17:26:00.683+02:003D Inner sanctuary of the speosFor those of you who enjoy the 3D models, you will be delighted to find yet another two examples uploaded, showing the northern and southern walls of the inner sanctuary of the speos at Gebel el-Silsila.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">view of the inner sanctuary and the main gods of the speos. Photo by Maria Nilsson</td></tr>
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The long <a href="https://skfb.ly/68VwX">south wall</a> of the sanctuary is decorated in sunken relief, showing almost 40 seated deities uttering wishes of well being for King Horemheb. They have been often described as an Egyptian pantheon. Turned, however, towards the end wall of the temple, they are here depicted as guests to witness a mythological mystery taking place. Smaller vignettes showing priests adoring gods were later added in an empty lower portion of the wall during the Ramesside period. The destructions visible at the left are traces of eradication or hacking done during the end of the Amarna period. They were concealed under a coating of hard 'plaster' when the wall was restored for new inscriptions.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">South wall of the inner sanctuary, photo by Maria Nilsson</td></tr>
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The <a href="https://skfb.ly/68Vxr">northern wall</a> offers an interesting parallel to the southern wall, It shows another 'pantheon', in fact a group of invited divinities, but standing in two registers and sculptured in true relief. The relief includes 23 figures mixing gods and goddesses. If the destructions are rather related to unfortunate modern looting attempts, some traces of ancient erasures related to the Amarna period can still be seen. The Ramesside presence is this time limited to one line of text added to the right in the lower empty space. However, a viewer with keen eyes for painted and very faded graffiti will find several traces of such too.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">North wall of the inner sanctuary, photo by Maria Nilsson</td></tr>
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Gebel el Silsila Project - Epigraphic Survey<br />
3D Photography, modelling and anotations by Philippe Martinez, lead epigrapher for the project, CNRS, Sorbonne Universités: philippe.martinez@upmc.fr<br />
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<br />gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyprojecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00867815937748905584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-465008644602917341.post-91247067354005451222017-06-28T21:05:00.000+02:002017-06-28T21:09:02.648+02:003D Ramesside Royal Stelae West BankMore amazing 3D models from Gebel el-Silsila, now showing the three royal stelae on the west bank.<br />
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The <a href="https://skfb.ly/68V7v">main model</a> shows an overview of the three stelea, which are situated along the cenotaph road on the west bank of the Nile. They have been preserved between two quarried surfaces. They were erected, from south to north - or left to right - by Ramses III, Sheshonq I and Ramses IV respectively. They clearly have been the subject of a local cult and below them are to be seen the traces of the Nile flood that reached their foot annually at the beginning of the summer.<br />
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There are also individual models of the three stelae:<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: small;">Photography, modelling and anotations by Philippe Martinez, lead epigrapher of the project, CNRS, Sorbonne Universités: philippe.martinez@upmc.fr</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: small;">Digital models created with plexus software by Kevin Cain </span>(<a href="http://plexus-3d.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; cursor: pointer; margin-top: 0px; outline: none; word-break: break-all;" target="_blank">plexus-3d.com</a>), <a href="mailto:kevin@insightdigital.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; outline: none; word-break: break-all;" target="_blank">kevin@insightdigital.org</a></div>
gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyprojecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00867815937748905584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-465008644602917341.post-20924095515320551952017-06-28T20:43:00.000+02:002017-06-28T20:44:32.193+02:00New models from the SpeosThe Silsila Team is happy to announce yet some more 3D models from within the Speos or Rock-cut temple of the west bank.<br />
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The two models show the Northern and Southern side of the Eastern wall of the sancturary, divided by the doorway.<br />
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The <a href="https://skfb.ly/68V6Z">Northern side</a> shows divinities related to the control of the Nile Flood and connected to Aswan and the first cataract, as well as the local site of Kheny (Silsila). It is interestingly carved in relief for the upper part and in sunken relief for the lower.<br />
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The <a href="https://skfb.ly/68VoR">Southern side</a> shows divinities related to the control of the Nile Flood, this time the Osirian family connected to Abydos in Middle Egypt, but also with Nubia and the South where the Nile flood came from.<br />
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Photography, modeling and anotations by Philippe Martinez, CNRS, Sorbonne Universités, Lead Epigrapher for the Silsila Project: philippe.martinez@upmc.fr<br />
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Digital models created with plexus software by Kevin Cain<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> (</span><a href="http://plexus-3d.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; cursor: pointer; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 0px; outline: none; word-break: break-all;" target="_blank">plexus-3d.com</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">),</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><a href="mailto:kevin@insightdigital.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #555555; cursor: pointer; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; outline: none; word-break: break-all;" target="_blank">kevin@insightdigital.org</a><br />
<br />gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyprojecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00867815937748905584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-465008644602917341.post-27893751880878781172017-06-22T17:31:00.003+02:002017-06-22T17:31:49.426+02:00New 3D models, Shrine 4 Gebel el-Silsila West<div class="MsoNormal">
The Project is happy to announce that yet another two
3D-models have been uploaded to our Sketchfab page, this time focusing on
Cenotaph/Shrine 4 on the West Bank. The first model shows the shrine as it is
preserved today, while the second shows a digital reconstruction and
interpretation of how it may have looked prior to the earthquake. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fractured statue group in shrine 4, photograph John Ward</td></tr>
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3D image current preservation (<a href="https://skfb.ly/68OXD">here</a>)<o:p></o:p></div>
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3D image digital reconstruction (<a href="https://skfb.ly/68OXH">here</a>)<o:p></o:p></div>
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3D photography and model by Stefan Lindgren, HumLab, Lund
University <a href="http://www.humlab.lu.se/en/person/StefanLindgren/" target="_blank">http://www.humlab.lu.se/en/person/StefanLindgren/</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">still image of the digital reconstruction by Stefan Lindgren</td></tr>
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The monument in focus is a niche located on the southern
side of ‘shrine 4’ (James and Caminos 1963, 16-18) that has been broken in
three parts due to a fracture in the bedrock plausibly caused by a natural
catastrophe/earthquake. The room initially measured 1.27 m deep x 1.50 m high.
Three statues are seated on a bench, facing forward towards the north-facing
opening/door. The three statues depict two men and a woman. While there are no
preserved inscriptions or decoration, it can be presumed that the main male
figure depicts a man called Djehutmose, who was a scribe of the treasury during
the 18th or early 19th Dynasty (based on an adjacent, plausibly associated
hieroglyphic text) (James and Caminos 1963, 16). <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Shrine 4, Gebel el-Silsila West, photograph by John Ward<br /></td></tr>
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This shrine, together with 31 more, are currently
re-documented and prepared for a new and updated publication, which will
include not only the original epigraphy, but also later graffiti, architectural
components, and state of preservation by the current archaeological project on
site. By means of newer, digital equipment and software, painted details faded
to the naked eye, become visible and bring more information in terms of each shrine’s
original decoration (see some examples attached herein).<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">original photo from the ceiling in shrine 4, photograph by Maria Nilsson</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original photo of one of the statues in shrine 4, photograph by Maria Nilsson</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image in DStrech revealing original colour</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original photo of painted and etched graffiti in Shrine 4, photograph by Maria Nilsson</td></tr>
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gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyprojecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00867815937748905584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-465008644602917341.post-60725744168459827032017-06-19T20:52:00.000+02:002017-06-19T20:52:14.250+02:00Silsila 3D images on Sketchfab!Dear all,<br />
the Gebel el Silsila Team is delighted to share with you some exciting new 3D-images viewable on <a href="https://sketchfab.com/GebelelSilsila/models">Sketchfab.com</a>.<br />
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The two published models mark the beginning of a new step in the project, aiming to share with the greater audience and our wonderful, supportive followers some of the unique reproductions of various (published) monuments on site.<br />
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We hope you will enjoy as much as we do!<br />
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<a href="https://skfb.ly/68KQJ">Model 1: Scene of Goddess Taweret suckles the king, Gebel el Silsila West Bank</a><br />
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The relief is situated in the rock-cut temple dating to the 18th Dynasty, and more precisely to the time of Tutankhamun/Horemheb (around 1330 BC). It shows the king as a young boy, suckling the local goddess Taweret (often shown as a hippopotamus, but here as an elegant woman), witnessed by his godly protectors Amun, King of the Gods, Khnum, god of birth, and Sobek, the local crocodile god and companion of Taweret. Through the divine milk, the king becomes superhuman and thus has the power necessary to interact with the gods and the sacred. This ritual seems to have been part of the crowning ceremonies.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">overview of the southern scene, photo: Maria Nilsson</td></tr>
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<a href="https://skfb.ly/68LnY">Model 2: Horemheb presenting offerings to Amun-Ra and Mut</a><br />
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This relief is located in the short passage between the main hall and the sanctuary, on the northern wall of the passage, in the rock-cut temple of the West Bank. It shows King Horemheb making an offering to the Theban gods, Amun-Ra and Mut. The figures and texts are sculptured in sunken relief, usually applied for outside decoration, but then everywhere after the Amarna period.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">king offering to Amun-Ra and Mut, photo: Maria Nilsson</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">3D Photography, Modeling and anotations: Philippe Martinez, CNRS, Sorbonne Universités, philippe.martinez@upmc.fr</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The Swedish led archaeological
mission at Gebel el Silsila in Upper Egypt continues to change the perception
of history in the ancient quarried landscape of Silsila.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In 2015 the
Swedish led Gebel el Silsila project reported
on the discovery of a series of tombs located in the north of Gebel el Silsila
east bank, in the area immediately to the north of the famous stele of
Amenhotep IV and stretching westwards to the Nile. While the tombs had been
described by a few previous visitors to the site, no comprehensive survey, neither
any proper archaeological work had been conducted until 2015. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">overview of ST31 at sunrise</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
tombs are under an immediate threat caused by the rising water table combined
with the natural salt in the ground steadily eroding the natural cliffs in the
northern part of Gebel el Silsila (similar/identical to those at Kom Ombo
Temple area), and the site is in risk of losing important information about
what has proven to be an extensive cemetery.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">collapsed ceiling of ST32</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">courtyard to ST32</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">scull(s) and cross bones ST13</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">During
the initial survey, 43 tombs were identified, and five tombs were chosen to be
cleared of sand and the damaging layer of salt in order to study their
subsequent conservation. Returning to site eight months later, the previous work
proved successful as both external and interior walls and to some extent also
the ceiling, have become stabilized and secured by exposing them to the sun,
drying previous wetness.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ST25 and ST45 with niche</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ST55</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ST2</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In the initial
clearing process the team was successful in identifying various architectural
markers, including 1-2 rock-cut chambers, external courtyards, and dressed portcullis
– slot-cuts into the door jambs by the entry to the tombs, into which a
(stone-) slab would have been placed to seal the door after burial. During the
ongoing winter season, the team has discovered another 12 rock cut tombs,
three crypts cut into the rock, two niches possibly used for offering, one tomb
containing multiple animal burials, and three individual infant/child burials,
along with other associated material. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">baby burial</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">inside ST30</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
majority of the tombs excavated so far – with the main exception of two infant
burials – have been plundered already during antiquity, and then been left neglected
and without further disturbance, and since covered by up to 3m of Nile silt,
blown in sand, and fallen quarry spoil and debris. These readily identifiable
stratifications have given a wealth of information with regards not only the
manner in which the spoil and silt have been deposited, but also provided a rudimentary
chronological overview for the area. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">crypt ST48</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">sandstone lid</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
individual tombs excavated so far this season reveal multiple burials within
the same chamber or crypt, possibly complete families, and individuals of
varying ages and sex. In addition, the newly discovered infant/child burials present
another aspect to the cemetery, clearly indicating family life at Silsila.
Three different styles of infant burials have been documented so far, including a
crypt (64 x 32 x 32 cm) cut into the rock, a shallow grave covered with stone,
and one infant wrapped in textile and placed within a wooden coffin. Two of the
three children were placed secreted within the overhangs of the natural sandstone
bluffs. They were placed on their side oriented in either a north-south
direction, face towards the east, alternatively east-west direction, and facing
north. Burial gifts include amulets (including the figure of Bes), necklaces,
ceramic vessels, worked flint and coloured pebbles.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">one of many scarabs</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">crocodile no 2</td></tr>
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containing a dozen of ovicaprids (sheep/goats) and a couple of Nile perch (Lates
niloticus). Two ovicaprids were placed in a north-south orientation (facing
east) at the entrance of the tomb, and skeletal remains of several more were
found scattered among outside debris as a result of looting. Also, an almost
complete adult crocodile was discovered resting on the floor in the courtyard immediately
outside ST27. The crocodile was oriented in a north-south direction, with the
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3D image of crocodile no 1 (headless)</td></tr>
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material produced from the newly discovered tombs and burials chronologically
correlate with those excavated previously, so far limited to the reigns of Thutmosis
III and Amenhotep II. In addition to the tombs themselves, the excavation has
revealed finely dressed sandstone sarcophagi, sculptured and occasionally
painted pottery coffins, painted 'plaster' and wood, textile and organic wrapping,
ceramic vessels and plates, as well as an array of jewellery, amulets and
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">inhumation at ST56</td></tr>
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discovered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fractures of the long bones and
increased muscle attachments amongst the skeletal remains indicate behaviors
related to occupational hazards and an extremely labor intensive environment. Furthermore,
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maria outside ST25</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tricia and Nils figuring out ST45</td></tr>
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add exciting new components to the necropolis, changing yet again the perceived
function and apparent appearance to the site of Gebel el Silsila, and with
further fieldwork the team look forward to increasing their understanding of
the overall function and role of the area during the New Kingdom. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reis Shihad</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ahmed</td></tr>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The team members would like to express their gratitude to the MoA and the local inspectorates of Kom Ombo and Aswan, led by Mr Abdel Menum and Mr Nasr Salama respectively, as well as to our sponsors without whom the Silsila Project would not be made possible!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Liz</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Abdala - the one and only, whom we could not survive without!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the gorgeous sunrise at Silsila!</td></tr>
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From all of us, to all of you... </div>
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a Merry, merry Christmas and a truly Happy New Year!</div>
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<br />gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyprojecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00867815937748905584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-465008644602917341.post-29211397243164111842016-11-25T13:03:00.002+02:002016-11-25T16:11:59.068+02:00Searching for knowledge by uncovering the pastThe following post was written by one of the project's wonderful supporters; his and his family's encouragement and genuine support inspired us to share his words here.<br />
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The original 'opinion piece' was published by Samuel Strait on November 19, 2016 at <a href="http://www.crescentcitytimes.com/" target="_blank">http://www.crescentcitytimes.<wbr></wbr>com</a> <br />
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– So often as we enter the holiday season we are inundated with
requests for some form of charity from groups near and far. Very often
we are hesitant, not knowing exactly how that donation is to be spent
and whether or not “good works” will come of our donation. It is a
luxury then to be able to donate to those nearer to home and witness
first hand those good works.</div>
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For those that have broader horizons in their wish
to donate to good works, there is a long list of groups of people doing
things in the far corners of this world that further our knowledge of
the progress of mankind throughout history. To those that are
interested, money can be donated to support such good works all over the
world. Many are reputable and connected to University’s and College’s
which send researchers far and wide to scour the planet in search of
knowledge which can make the world a better place. Often these groups
are underfunded and in constant need for donations which will aid them
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For the past eight seasons, this group has gathered on this site to
preserve and learn from the discoveries made. During this particular
season, I have the privilege of being related to one of the members of
this group who has given her time to further the rewards gained from
learning about the past at this particular archaeologic site. Because
Egyptology in this area has not the claim to fame that site’s in and
around Cairo, the three Great pyramids, the Sphinx, or even the temple
complex at Abu Simbel, money to fund the season’s digs must come from
the charity of people who wish to contribute to a very worthwhile cause
that so often goes unrecognized and overlooked.</div>
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What is unique about this particular group is that
they will continue to do good work with whatever comes to them and are
grateful for any small amount people wish to contribute. They, the
Directors, Maria Nilsson and John Ward, keep donors up to date on
progress made at the site as well as acknowledging each donation with a
personal message. For those that wish to donate, they have a web page, <a href="http://friendsofsilsila.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">friendsofsilsila.com</a>, or if you just want to live vicariously through their blogspot, it can be found at <a href="http://gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyproject.blogspot.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurvey<wbr></wbr>project.blogspot.com</a>.
This is a unique opportunity for those that wish to make a donation in a
non traditional way, and know that you are contributing to the
knowledge of the world and a very good cause. And, yes, my wife and I
have made a small contribution, feel better for it and feel more like
citizens of the world, many of which visit our small corner of the
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Thank you dear Samuel and to your entire family, and all amazing people who continues to show their support and encouragement! The Gebel el Silsila Project is deeply thankful and forever grateful!</div>
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gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyprojecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00867815937748905584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-465008644602917341.post-50796587438149066462016-03-30T21:20:00.001+02:002016-03-30T21:20:59.581+02:00The New Kingdom Necropolis of Gebel el SilsilaAs you may have noticed there has been no news from the field since the beginning of our spring season back in January. Indeed there were enormous amounts of historical and archaeological details to share with you all, but time slipped away from us combined with the demanding work related to our latest announced discovery - the Necropolis.<br />
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Obviously, we have been aware of the Necropolis' existence before, and it is certainly not a discovery that anyone will simply "stumble on". Instead it was a well structured plan, which was based on the increasing environmental threat to some of the tombs (rising ground water with highly destructive salt contents), combined with a larger team on site that enabled us to get started. Please see below for our (very) preliminary report on the tombs.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">3400
year old necropolis discovered at Gebel el Silsila</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Dr.
Maria Nilsson and John Ward</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">During the spring season 2016 the Swedish
archaeological mission at Gebel el Silsila, led by Dr. Maria Nilsson and John
Ward, in co-operation with the MSA, as well as Kom Ombo and Aswan Inspectorates
under General Directors Abd el Menum and Nasr Salama respectively, discovered a
remarkable New Kingdom necropolis with archaeological material dating from the
early 18<sup>th</sup> dynasty and indications of re-use throughout the 19<sup>th</sup>
dynasty. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">So far, over 40 tombs have been documented, including
a small shrine, many of which have suffered from heavy erosion and extreme
decay due to the rising water table and its high salt contents. As part of exploring
the best method to save the monuments, the team undertook the careful cleaning of
a small selection of tombs, work that will continue during forthcoming seasons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The tombs consist of one to two undecorated rock-cut
chambers, with one or more crypts cut into the bed rock floors, some preserved
with remains of their original lid. The entrance of the tombs consist of a
squared semi-dressed aperture that incorporate a vertical slot to either door
jamb that would have facilitated a portcullis type of closure. The tombs are
generally accessed via a series of steps that descend into a rough-cut squared
chamber. Due to the lack of exterior or interior decoration, the identity of
the persons buried remains unknown at this time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The general archaeology and the stratigraphy of the
tombs suggest that they were plundered already during antiquity, and again
during the 19<sup>th</sup> century, as well as affected by the annual floods
and driven sand, resulting in disturbed layers containing foremost pottery,
bones, some beads and Nile silt, mixed with animal remains including crocodile
scutes. Similar composition of archaeology was documented outside the tombs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The ceramic material has been identified by the team's ceramic expert, Dr. Sarah Doherty, as traditional New Kingdom funerary
ware, including storage vessels, beer jugs, and a selection of votive vessels.
Preliminary analysis of the bones, made by Prof. Salima Ikram, suggests burials of men, women and children
of all ages. Importantly, this indicates a more permanent habitation at Gebel
el Silsila than previously thought.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Among the more important findings was a reversible
seal ring, which depicts the cartouche of Pharaoh Thuthmosis III “Men-kheper-re”
(comparable with seal UC61144: </span><a href="http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/seals/archive/uc61144.jpg" target="_blank"><span style="background: #FEFEFE; color: #3b5998; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/seals/archive/uc61144.jpg</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">),
and a scarab also bearing the pharaoh’s name. Associated text on the seal's reverse is currently studied by the team's Egyptologists. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Fragments of detailed, painted
mud-plaster indicate decorated coffins, which together with fragments of mummy
wrapping and various beads and amulets suggest individuals of considerable status.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The shrine that was included among the discoveries is
a small rock-cut sanctuary located on the banks of the Nile. It consists of two
open chambers facing the river (west), which partially retain architectural
features, including dressed walls and an inner doorway crowned with the winged
solar disc. Further analysis is required of its archaeology due to annual
flooding and extensive tumble since antiquity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The latest discovery as well as the season's work (with more news to come...!) was made possible by financial support from various foundations, including:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Magnus Bergvalls Stiftelse</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">National Geographic Grant</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Enboms Stiftelse </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Helge Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Gerda Henkel Stiftung</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">and none of the work could have been completed without the most fabulous team ever! Thank you all for sharing the moments (hard work, blood, sweat and tears lol) and being part of this incredible journey that we are on!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Also, and with uppermost respect, thank you to the general inspectorates of Kom Ombo and Aswan, to General Directors Nasr Salama and Abd el Menum, and all the great inspectors of Kom Ombo and general inspectors of Gebel el Silsila, as each and everyone of you actively participate in changing history!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Maria and John </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tomb 15 exterior</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">crypt with partially preserved lid inside Tomb 15</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tomb 14 interior, including entrance to second chamber</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doorway to Tomb 14, interior</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seal: cartouche of Thutmosis III (Men-Kheper-Re)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scarab with the cartouche of Thutmosis III</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Portculis of Tomb 2, exterior</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the crypts of Tomb 14</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crocodile scutes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bone fragment in mixed layer in Tomb 2</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steps inside Tomb 14</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyprojecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00867815937748905584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-465008644602917341.post-54108187847919516702016-01-08T16:23:00.001+02:002016-01-08T16:28:08.636+02:00Returning after the holidaysFirst and foremost,<br />
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a truly happy new year, and best wishes for 2016 to be even more adventurous, successful, prosperous and joyful than years before!<br />
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How can one top a year that included three major discoveries, starting with the <a href="http://news.discovery.com/history/ancient-egypt/egyptian-pharaoh-carved-in-quarry-photos-140107.htm" target="_blank">press </a><a href="http://english.ahram.org.eg/WriterArticles/NewsContentP/9/119801/Heritage/Search.aspx?Text=%20silsila" target="_blank">release </a>of the small Royal stele depicting Amun-Ra and Thoth,<br />
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followed by the <a href="http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/long-lost-egyptian-temple-found-150517.htm" target="_blank">re-discovery</a> of the <a href="http://gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyproject.blogspot.com.eg/2015/05/amazing-discovery.html" target="_blank">Temple of Kheny</a> in May,<br />
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and now, most recently, the exciting discovery of six statues and relief scenes within shrines 30-31, previously thought to have been completely destroyed.<br />
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And, we shall not forget the unique discovery that forever has changed the history of our Speos - the rock cut temple - previously regarded as the work of Pharaoh Horemheb, but now with a chronology that is pushed back to the times of the female Pharaoh Hatshepsut, and with restoration work carried out by the famous boy-king Tutankhamun. <br />
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Wow, what a year it was! And to those amazing finds, Madam Silsila has delivered so incredibly much more... Rock Art, (more) Quarry Marks, Texts, demotic ostraca... the list goes on (...and includes some that you will have to wait a bit for).<br />
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So, with this post we would like to express our gratefulness towards all people involved in the work here at Silsila; all our scientists, assistants, inspectors, friends and family! Let us hope for another year of fantastic news for Madam Silsila!<br />
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And a new and exciting season has already begun! Here are some captured moments:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">moon over Silsila</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the place where it all begun back in 2007</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Horus, our protector!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">learning how to use a camera starts in early years around here</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photographing a beauty through a rope hole...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and there was the beauty...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">lovely visit from Prof. Cruz</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mr. Mohamed Abdalla, our inspector</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shihat working the prism magic</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moamen and Shihat mapping out 'Elephant Rock'</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">can it get any better?!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and until next time, safe journeys friends!</td></tr>
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Acknowledgements are here in order for our sponsors for this season, including <a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/europe/exploration/#" target="_blank">NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY</a> and <a href="http://gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/" target="_blank">Gerda Henkel Stiftung</a>! We would also like to express our deepest gratitude towards the <a href="http://glendash.com/" target="_blank">Glen Dash Foundation</a> for sponsoring the Silsila Team with our Total Station!<br />
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