2009year1month1day Selected stones from ancient quarries in the Nile Valley and Western Desert. The numbering and sequence of the images follow the
Read More2015year5month26day Across the rocky landscapes of Egypt lies evidence for pharaonic quarrying and mining; fresh fieldwork at neglected sites, such as the Hatnub travertine
Read More2012year1month29day The granite quarries lie south and southeast of the city of Aswan on the right side of the Nile and cover an area of about 20 km². The granite for the pyramids probably came from the northern part.
Read More6 天之前 The opening of a new quarry was an important event, which was celebrated, sometimes with an eternal record in hieroglyphic inscription. The first step was to remove bad stone, dust sand and rubble. hard stone
Read MoreThe Unfinished Obelisk and the Granite Quarries. The Ancient Egyptians used to extract the granite used in the noble parts of their constructions (pyramids, sanctuaries, altars, statues, etc) from Aswan quarries.
Read MoreArchaeological research has uncovered numerous examples of the use of firesetting in ancient stone quarrying and metal mining. Also in Egyptian quarries, evidence of the use of fire is found. The present paper presents
Read MoreAn analysis is made of the tools and methods for quarrying limestone and sandstone in ancient Egypt. It is concluded that the chisel, originally of copper and later of bronze or
Read More2014year1month1day Much of what remains of ancient Egypt consists of stone (Aston, Harrell, Shaw, 2000; Baines, 2000; De Putter Karlshausen, 1992; Klemm Klemm, 2001,
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Read MoreThe Unfinished Obelisk and the Granite Quarries The Ancient Egyptians used to extract the granite used in the noble parts of their constructions (pyramids, sanctuaries, altars, statues, etc) from Aswan quarries. The
Read More6 天之前 Quarries in Ancient Egypt. The two main stones of the lower Nile valley are sandstone, from Sudan as far north as the Edfu/Gebelein region, and limestone, the classic Egyptian valley stone from the Theban area to
Read MoreGraNite-quarry Survey iN tHe aSwaN reGioN, eGypt: SHeDDiNG New liGHt oN aNcieNt quarryiNG n in the granite quarries, although limited in comparison with the West Bank. he reason for this may be poor preservation of most of the Northern quarries, which was the main area for the production of large objects, or the prevalence of dry wadis in ...
Read MoreAn important study not only of the geological structure of Egypt and the mineral composition of its rocks, but also of ancient Egyptian stone quarries. Illustrated with almost 500 photographs and diagrams, microscopic sections and electronic scans, as well as colour photographs of all the types of stone discussed, the detailed descriptions of the quarries
Read More2023year10month19day Quarries have been used for thousands of years. The people of Kemet, ancient Egypt, built the Great Pyramids with massive limestone and granite blocks cut by hand from nearby quarries. Each of these blocks weighs many tons. In ancient Rome, enslaved people and incarcerated people were often forced to do the extremely difficult
Read More2012year1month29day The Aswan stone quarries (granite) Aswan (Assuan) lies 934km south from Giza up the Nile river (about 700 km air-line distance). The granite quarries lie south and southeast of the city of Aswan on the right side of the Nile and cover an
Read MoreThe ‘Aswan Granite’ was the third most important stone used in Egyptian civilisation, after sandstone and limestone. Its use for vases, stelae, statues, sarcophagi and buildings commenced from at least the Early Dynastic Period (Aston et al. 2000). In terms of quantities, its largest use was during the Old Kingdom, particularly associated with the
Read MoreThe previous interpretation of a ‘hut-circle’ area for the workmen was proven to represent a group of grinding stone quarries, bearing implications for the interpretation of the social organisation of the gypsum quarrying. ... The remaining chapters provide a survey of the quarries of Ancient Egypt, and are divided according to stone type ...
Read More2001year1month1day Ancient Egypt was regarded by Evers (1929) as the “state out of stone” because stone was the most important raw material used during the different periods of Pharaonic Egypt until Graeco-Roman and Arab times. A very schematic geological map of Egypt (Fig. 1) presents the general geological units of this country, all of which supplied
Read More2018year7month20day Most of the granite that was used in ancient Egypt was mined from the quarries of Aswan and carried up the Nile on boats. It must have been extremely hard work to mine granite by chipping away at it
Read MoreIn fact, there were very extensive quarry and mining operations in Egypt in and around Aswan, which became even more notable in later times. During the Roman period, the quarries there continued unabated, and columns carved from Aswan granite are found in quantity around the shores of the Mediterranean. It is, in fact, one of the “big three ...
Read MoreBibliographic references on the weathering of Egyptian monuments; Bibliography. (source: Nielsen Book Data) Publisher's summary This is an important study not only of the geological structure of Egypt and the mineral composition of its rocks, but also of ancient Egyptian stone quarries.
Read MoreThrough selected case studies, this essay describes the fate of ancient Egyptian stone quarries over the last 50 years. It focuses on the many-sided causes of destruction and neglect of these important archaeological sites in an attempt at raising key conservation issues. Such issues are particularly related to how to deal with modern ...
Read More2011year2month17day So, it ranks as the fifth producer and the seventh exporter of marble and granite in the world. Quarries and factories for marble and granite are found in different places in Egypt as shown in ...
Read More2012year1month29day The Aswan stone quarries (granite) Aswan (Assuan) lies 934km south from Giza up the Nile river (about 700 km air-line distance). The granite quarries lie south and southeast of the city of Aswan on the right side of the Nile and cover an
Read MoreAn especially good illustration of this process from the Dynastic period was provided in one of the earliest studies of Egyptian soft-stone quarries, that of de Morgan et alii (1894, 357-358 and ig. 3) who surveyed the Gebel Tukh limestone quarry near el-Mansha. Although the basic approach described above was used in all periods, the tool marks ...
Read MoreTHE QUARRY – Marmonil. WE WORK WITH THE BEST EARTH HAS TO OFFER. In our commitment to deliver the highest quality stones, we license 19 quarries in Egypt covering 7 types of granite and 7 types of marble. With these exceptionally strong resources, we established Marmonil Quarrying in 2009 to run and control the earlier phases of our
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