Jabal al-Silsila: Jabal al-Silsila is located 65 km north of Aswan, where the Nile narrows, making every bank a cliff. There were quarries for the ancient Egyptians that continued from the eighteenth dynasty until Egypt’s Greek and Roman eras. Today it is one of the villages of the Kom Ombo Center in Aswan Governorate in Egypt.
The archaeological area of ​​Jabal al-Silsila is located north of the city of Kom Ombo in Aswan Governorate. It is divided into two parts, Jabal al-Silsila to the west and Jabal al-Silsila to the east; between them is the Nile River.
The ancient Egyptian name of Jabal al-Silsila was (Khenu or Kheni). It appears written on the region’s rocks, especially the central main entrance to the king’s cabin (Hoor Moheb). In the Roman era, the name was changed to (Selsil), which was distorted in Arabic into a chain, and the word mountain was added in front of it due to the mountainous nature of the place.
The area contains 104 quarries, 52 quarries on the eastern mainland and 52 on the western mainland. The historical importance of the Jabal al-Silsila area has emerged. It is a quarrying area from which the stones from Egyptian temples and archaeological evidence are built as a workshop for building artefacts and transporting them to their site, where they will be immortalized. The area shows the effects of striking the chisels and their ancient form, and with time, it became clear that it was an important area since the Stone Age 5 thousand years ago and extended through the ages.
The area includes 32 pharaonic cabins on the western mainland, the most famous of which is the king’s palace (Hoor Moheb), and the Jabal al-Silsila area is not all open for visiting but only the western area. In contrast, the eastern area is closed and has not yet been opened for visitation.
Among its most famous archaeological landmarks, the Rydisiyah Temple of King Seti I in the east of Al-Silsilah, the Temple of the Sebeos, retreats and structures, a small temple to Hatshepsut.