Prehistoric rock art, Gebel el-Silsila, Egypt

Giraffe carvings, prehistoric rock art, on a rock face on the west bank of the river Nile at Gebel el-Silsila, an area of sandstone quarries used since the Middle Kingdom, 2034-1650 BC, in Aswan Governorate, Egypt. The site contains over 100 quarries, the Speos of Horemheb temple built 1323-1295 BC, 32 rock-cut chapels c. 1479-1425 BC and other stelae and monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Giraffe carvings, prehistoric rock art, on a rock face on the west bank of the river Nile at Gebel el-Silsila, an area of sandstone quarries used since the Middle Kingdom, 2034-1650 BC, in Aswan Governorate, Egypt. The site contains over 100 quarries, the Speos of Horemheb temple built 1323-1295 BC, 32 rock-cut chapels c. 1479-1425 BC and other stelae and monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen