Gebel el-Silsila
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Gebel el-Silsila is an ancient Egyptian sandstone quarry and ritual landscape along the Nile, renowned for supplying stone for major temples and featuring numerous rock-cut shrines and inscriptions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gebel el-Silsila canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3663487 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gebel el-Silsila Context triple: [Amenhotep II, builtAt, Gebel el-Silsila]
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A.
Gebelawi
Gebelawi is a central, godlike patriarchal figure in Naguib Mahfouz’s novel "Children of Gebelawi," around whom the allegorical family saga and its themes of authority and rebellion revolve.
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B.
Jebel Barkal
Jebel Barkal is a small but historically significant mountain in northern Sudan that served as a major religious and political center for the ancient Nubian and Egyptian civilizations, featuring temples, pyramids, and other archaeological remains.
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C.
Jebel Marra
Jebel Marra is a volcanic mountain massif in western Sudan’s Darfur region, known for its relatively cool climate, fertile highlands, and role as a cultural heartland for the Fur people.
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D.
Jebel Musa
Jebel Musa is a mountain in the Sinai Peninsula widely venerated in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions as the biblical Mount Sinai where Moses received the Ten Commandments.
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E.
Jabal al-Nour
Jabal al-Nour is a mountain near Mecca in Saudi Arabia renowned as the site where the Prophet Muhammad is believed to have received his first revelation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gebel el-Silsila Target entity description: Gebel el-Silsila is an ancient Egyptian sandstone quarry and ritual landscape along the Nile, renowned for supplying stone for major temples and featuring numerous rock-cut shrines and inscriptions.
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A.
Gebelawi
Gebelawi is a central, godlike patriarchal figure in Naguib Mahfouz’s novel "Children of Gebelawi," around whom the allegorical family saga and its themes of authority and rebellion revolve.
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B.
Jebel Barkal
Jebel Barkal is a small but historically significant mountain in northern Sudan that served as a major religious and political center for the ancient Nubian and Egyptian civilizations, featuring temples, pyramids, and other archaeological remains.
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C.
Jebel Marra
Jebel Marra is a volcanic mountain massif in western Sudan’s Darfur region, known for its relatively cool climate, fertile highlands, and role as a cultural heartland for the Fur people.
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D.
Jebel Musa
Jebel Musa is a mountain in the Sinai Peninsula widely venerated in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions as the biblical Mount Sinai where Moses received the Ten Commandments.
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E.
Jabal al-Nour
Jabal al-Nour is a mountain near Mecca in Saudi Arabia renowned as the site where the Prophet Muhammad is believed to have received his first revelation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian archaeological site
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ritual landscape ⓘ sandstone quarry ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Pharaoh Amenhotep II
ⓘ
linked to:
Amenhotep II
Pharaoh Horemheb ⓘ
linked to:
Horemheb
Pharaoh Merenptah ⓘ
linked to:
Merneptah
Pharaoh Ramesses II ⓘ
linked to:
Ramesses II
Pharaoh Seti I ⓘ Pharaoh Thutmose III ⓘ
linked to:
Thutmose III
|
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| flourishedDuring |
18th Dynasty
ⓘ
19th Dynasty ⓘ 20th Dynasty ⓘ |
| function |
religious and ritual center
ⓘ
state-controlled quarrying center ⓘ transport hub for stone along the Nile ⓘ |
| hasModernExcavationBy | Gebel el-Silsila Project ⓘ |
| hasPart |
ancient quarry faces
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east bank quarries ⓘ harbor installations ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ processional routes ⓘ rock reliefs ⓘ rock-cut chapels ⓘ rock-cut shrines ⓘ stelae ⓘ west bank quarries ⓘ workmen’s settlements ⓘ |
| hasShrineDedicatedTo |
Amun
ⓘ
Khnum ⓘ Mut ⓘ Sobek ⓘ other Theban deities ⓘ |
| locatedBetween |
Edfu
ⓘ
Kom Ombo ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Upper Egypt ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Nile River
ⓘ
linked to:
Nile
|
| materialQuarried | sandstone ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
extensive quarry marks and extraction trenches
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large number of hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ narrowest point of the Nile in Egypt ⓘ royal and private rock-cut chapels ⓘ steep sandstone cliffs flanking the Nile ⓘ |
| partOf | Aswan Governorate ⓘ |
| researchCoDirectedBy | John Ward ⓘ |
| researchDirectedBy | Maria Nilsson ⓘ |
| stoneSuppliedTo |
Edfu Temple
ⓘ
linked to:
Temple of Edfu
Karnak Temple ⓘ
linked to:
Karnak Temple Complex
Kom Ombo Temple ⓘ
linked to:
Temple of Kom Ombo
Luxor Temple ⓘ other major Nile temples ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Pharaonic period
ⓘ
Ptolemaic period ⓘ
linked to:
Ptolemaic Kingdom
Roman period ⓘ |
| usedFor |
construction of ancient Egyptian temples
ⓘ
construction of colossi ⓘ construction of obelisks ⓘ construction of pylons ⓘ |
| usedSince |
New Kingdom
ⓘ
linked to:
New Kingdom of Egypt
earlier Middle Kingdom ⓘ |
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Subject: Gebel el-Silsila Description of subject: Gebel el-Silsila is an ancient Egyptian sandstone quarry and ritual landscape along the Nile, renowned for supplying stone for major temples and featuring numerous rock-cut shrines and inscriptions.
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