Location:
Egypt, Faţīrah
geo:24.633333,32.933334
Location uncertain Class:
Workshop or industry
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Annotations
The stone quarry used at least from at least the 18th Dynasty to Greco-Roman times.
http://www.eeescience.utoledo.edu/Faculty/Harrell/Egypt/Harrell_Storemyr_AncientEgyptianQuarries_IllustratedOverview.pdf
James A.Harrell, at all. , Survey of ancient Egyptian quarries, : Cairo : Arab Republic of Egypt, Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, Egyptian Geological Survey and Mining Authority, 1996.
Nearby
Egyptian Khenu modern:Jabal al-Silsila or Ǧabal as-Silsila
Qurta Late Palaeolithic rock art
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