silsilis

Updated: February 11, 2026

Well-seasoned Nile-travellers confirm our experience; and as we had rowed and floated within a calculated time from Assouan to Ombos, and from Ombos to Silsilis, so did we proceed to Edfou, and to the stations beyond, with few exceptions of obstinately adverse weather.

Various - Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 428: Volume 17, New Series, March 13, 1852