EGYPT LANDMARKS

5:27 PM | Posted by Massra

GEBEL EL-ZEIT. Modern name for a area in the Eastern Desert on the Red Sea coast north of modern Hurghada where the lead mines exploited by the ancient Egyptians from the Middle Kingdom to the New Kingdom were located. The site was discovered in 1982 and excavated from 1982–1986 by a French expedition. Apart from the mines, the site included small sanctuaries erected by the miners, notably to the deities Hathor, Horus, and Min, as well as graffiti. The lead was used for the production of eye makeup known by the Arabic word kohl.

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5:18 PM | Posted by Massra

GEBEL EL-SILSILA. Ancient Khenu. A sandstone quarry on the

banks of the Nile between Thebes and Elephantine (Aswan) that

was used from the New Kingdom onward. There are remains of

rock-cut shrines, notably one of Horemheb.

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1:48 PM | Posted by Mostafa Gad

ADAIMA. Modern name for a site on the west bank of the Nile south
of Esna in Upper Egypt. It contains the remains of a settlement and
cemeteries from the Naqada I Period of the Predynastic Period to
the Early Dynastic Period. Adaima was first excavated on behalf of
the Brooklyn Museum from 1906–1908. The site was examined by a
team from the French Institute in 1973 and since 1989 by a French
expedition. See also GERZEH; KAFR HASSAN DAOUD; MINSHAT
ABU OMAR; TELL EL-FARKHA; TELL IBRAHIM AWAD.

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6:33 AM | Posted by Mostafa Gad

ABU ROASH. Modern name for the site of the funerary complex of
Djedefre of Dynasty 4, which includes the remains of his pyramid
and associated temples, as well as a major cemetery of the Early Dynastic
Period and a pyramid of Dynasty 3. The site has been excavated
by French expeditions since 1901, notably under Fernand Bisson
de la Roque in 1922–1924 and Pierre Montet in 1937; a Dutch
expedition in 1957–1959; and a joint French–Swiss team since 1995.

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