cover image: Rock tombs or Gebel-es-Silsileh. At this point the Nile is scarcely eleven hundred feet wide. The rocky barrier through which the river has forced its way is honeycombed with grottoes of the time of the great Theban dynasties.

Rock tombs or Gebel-es-Silsileh. At this point the Nile is scarcely eleven hundred feet wide. The rocky barrier through which the river has forced its way is honeycombed with grottoes of the time of the great Theban dynasties.

1881

egypt nile river sailboats tombs & sepulchral monuments silsila, gebel el

Authors

Woodward, John Douglas (1846-1924)

Collection
Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt
Format
Prints Illustrations
Pages
22 x 16 cm
Place Discussed
Nile River Egypt Silsila, Gebel el-
Provider
The New York Public Library
Published in
Egypt
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Source
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