Gebel el-Silsila

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Rock temples of Ramses II and Merenptah cuted directly in the rocks at the Silsileh quarring site, near Aswan

Gebel el-Silsila or Gebel Silsileh (Egyptian: Kheny or Khenu) is 65 km north of Aswan, where the cliffs on both sides of the Nile narrow. The name Kheny (or sometimes Khenu) means "The Place of Rowing". It was used as a quarry site from at least the 18th Dynasty to Greco-Roman times.

On the west bank is a rock cut shrines for Horemheb, Seti I, Ramesses II and Merenptah.

Many of the Talatat used by Akhenaten were quarried from here, and used in buildings at Luxor and Amarna.

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Coordinates: 24°38′N, 32°56′E