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Quarries Description
On the east bank of the river, 4mi/6km below the narrowest point, are the large Silsila quarries, worked particularly under the New Kingdom. In the reign of Ramesses II some 3,000 workers were employed here in quarrying stone for the Ramesseum alone; and an inscription of Amenophis III records the transport of stone on the Nile for a Temple of Ptah. At the north end of Gebel Silsila are the scanty remains of the ancient town of Khenit and its temple (fragments of inscriptions in the name of Ramesses II). Near the river are the ruins of modern quarry workers' houses. To the east, high up on the north side of the rock, is a Stela of Amenophis IV (numbered 37) recording that he had caused an obelisk for the Temple of the Sun at Karnak to be
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Hobbies & Activities category: Archeological site or ruin;  Ancient Egyptian art, artifacts;  Tombs, burial site
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