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An ancient gypsum quarry is situated at Umm el-Sawan in the northern Faiyum desert, approximately 40 km southwest of the Giza Plateau. The gypsum was used largely in the Early Dynastic Period/Old Kingdom for ornamental purposes such as small vessels, as well as for utilitarian purposes such as wall plaster.
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An 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 iron, was the principal quarrying tool during all periods, with chisels
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Heldal, t., bloxam, e.G., Degryse, p., Storemyr, p. and Kelany, a. (2009) Gypsum quarries in the northern faiyum quarry landscape, egypt: a geo-archaeological case study. In abu-Jaber, N., bloxam, e.G., Degryse, p. and Heldal, t. (eds.) QuarryScapes: ancient stone quarry landscapes in the Eastern Mediterranean, Geological Survey of Norway Special …
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Stones and Quarries in Ancient Egypt. Rosemarie Klemm, Dietrich D. Klemm. British Museum Press, 2008 - History - 354 pages. 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. Illustrated with almost 500 photographs and diagrams, microscopic ...
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· To the ancient Egyptians this was Kheny, ‘Rowing Place’—known today as Gebel el-Silsila, ‘Mountain of the Chain’. Over the centuries from the New Kingdom to the Greco-Roman period, Silsila became the largest sandstone quarry in Egypt, providing the building materials for major temples including Dendera, Luxor, Karnak, Esna, and Edfu.
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· This quarry was the most prestigious ancient source of Egyptian alabaster, the milky white banded translucent stone that was used by the Egyptians to make vessels, statues, and architectural items ...
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Through 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 …
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· In addition to displaying geological features, stone quarries may provide important ‘pools of knowledge’ of ancient technology, social organisation, trade and communications. Since many quarry landscapes were exploited over thousands of years, quarries...
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A prehistoric grinding stone quarry in the Egyptian Sahara. AmS-Skrifter 24, 67–82, Stavanger. ISSN 08000816, ISSN 0800-0816, ISBN 978-82-7760-158-8 In 2007, the irst reported grinding stone quarry in the interior of Egypt’s Western Desert was found by the north scarp of the Kharga depression. It can be tentatively dated to Holocene ...
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· The knowledge that heat has an influence on rock properties and can be applied intentionally for changing such properties has existed longer than modern man. Archaeological research has uncovered numerous examples of the use of firesetting in ancient stone quarrying and metal mining. Also in Egyptian quarries, evidence of the …
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Situated far out in the Eastern Desert in Egypt, Mons Claudianus is one of the most spectacular quarry landscapes in Egypt.
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· Haman And Ancient Egypt Monuments. The name "Haman" was not known until the decoding of Egyptian hieroglyphics in the 19th century. When the hieroglyphics were decoded, it was understood that Haman was a close helper of the Pharaoh and was "the head of the stone quarries." (Above are shown ancient Egyptian …
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