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SUMMARY:ARCE Lecture: Meet Madame Silsila
DTSTART:20170427T220000Z
DTEND:20170427T233000Z
DESCRIPTION:Gebel el Silsila\, meaning 'Mountain of the Chain' in Arab
 ic\, is located in Upper Egypt between Kom Ombo and Edfu. Most visitor
 s to Egypt have only experienced Gebel el Silsila from the deck of a s
 hip while cruising the Nile between Aswan and Luxor. However Madam Sil
 sila\, as she is affectionately known to the Gebel el Silsila team\, i
 s so much more. The massive site encompasses approximately 30 square k
 ilometers and is known for its many New Kingdom stelae\, Nile cenotaph
 s\, shrines\, and rock cut temple\, the so-called Speos of Horemheb. A
 rguably Silsila's predominant features are her cavernous\, cathedral-l
 ike quarries. Numbering 104\, these quarries produced much of the qual
 ity sandstone used to construct some of the most famed temples in Egyp
 t. This talk will introduce you to wondrous Madam Silsila with an over
 view of her most renowned aspects\, present those which are lesser kno
 wn\, and reveal some of the latest news from the field.
LOCATION:ISAW Lecture Hall
CONTACT:isaw@nyu.edu
CLASS:PUBLIC
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