Jul 4 2022Many of the statues obelisks and building materials for temples and shrines in Egypt were cut from the quarries in Aswan In fact one of the best things to do in Aswan is to visit one of these quarries to see the Unfinished Obelisk However this Unfinished Obelisk gives a lot of insight on how the ancient Egyptians cut stone Before the
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Get PriceThe stone quarries of ancient Egypt once produced quality stone for the construction of decorative monuments such as sculptures and obelisks These quarries are now recognised archaeological sites Eighty percent of the ancient quarry sites are in the Nile valley; some of them have disappeared under the waters of Lake Nasser and some others were lost due to modern mining activity
Get PriceThe unfinished Obelisk Quarry in Aswan Egypt has a canal that may have connected to the Nile and allowed the large stone monuments to float to their permanent locations according to an international team of researchers including Penn State s Richard Parizek and Katarin Parizek This canal however may be allowing salts from ground water to seep into what has been the best preserved
Get PriceLimestone quarries Quarries of limestone sandstone and granite are scattered all along the Nile with a greater share near the south of the delta on the Cairo side and in its southern part The Giza pyramids were made with a local stone directly extracted from the Giza plateau These are open air quarries that we still see today
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Get PriceJun 2 2024 in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt in Aswan Assuan Egypt The Quarry offers unusual insights into ancient Egyptian stone working techniques Pinterest Today Explore When the auto complete results are available use the up and down arrows to review and Enter to select Touch device users can explore
Get PriceOther notable monuments that were quarried at Aswan include the sarcophagus made from granite at the burial chambers of Djoser and Sneferu at Saqqara the Osirion at Abydos and Cleopatra s Needle that was originally erected in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis on the orders of Thutmose III around 1450 BC 1
Get PriceLocated in Sheyakhah Oula in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt in Aswan the unfinished obelisk is the largest known ancient obelisk Its construction was ordered by Hatshepsut the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt She was the second historically confirmed female pharaoh the first being Sobekneferu
Get PriceThe region around the old border and trading town of Aswan in Upper Egypt features one of the world s most prominent ancient quarry landscapes It covers an area of some 150 square kilometres on both banks of the Nile from the Old Aswan Dam in the south to Wadi Kubbaniya in the north
Get PriceQuarry men apparently abandoned the obelisk when fractures appeared in its sides during its construction It is estimated that a block of granite this size would easily weigh more than a 1000 tons some geologists have suggested a figure in the region of 1100 tons 1150 tons How Did The Ancient Egyptian Carve Granite Diorite Stone
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Get PriceDrill hole at the Aswan Quarries However the quarry marks I saw there did not satisfy me as being the only means by which the pyramid builders quarried their rock Located in the channel which runs the length of the obelisk is a large round hole drilled into the bedrock hillside measuring approximately 12 inches in diameter and 3 feet deep
Get Price11 Karnak Thebes Egypt Karnak now only contains three obelisks all made of pink granite from the Aswan quarries 186 miles upriver Two obelisks still stand from the reigns of King Thutmose I c 1528 1510 BC and Queen Hatshepsut c 1490 1486 BC and are said to weigh approximately 300 tons each 232 tons Ref 16 with a height of 29 5 metres
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Get PriceThe number of the quarries is almost geographically distributed as follows 300 marble and marbleized limestone quarries in South Galala 100 granite quarries in Aswan and Red Sea 50 marble and granite quarries in Sinai and 50 marble and marbleized limestone quarries in North Galala
Get PriceIt is located in its original location a granite quarry in Aswan and would have measured 42 m making it the tallest obelisk in history but the project was unfortunately abandoned due to the discovery of numerous cracks in the obelisk It would also have been the heaviest obelisk weighing 1200 tons
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Get PriceSee the stone quarries of ancient Egypt which contain an unfinished obelisk Duration 45 minutes Stop At Temple of Philae Island of Agilika Aswan Egypt Finally visit the Philae Temple Complex which was nearly lost under water when the high Aswan dam was built in the 1960s After dinner on board enjoy a Nubian Folkloric Show
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Get PriceThe unfinished obelisk is the largest known ancient obelisk and is located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt in Aswan Archaeologists claim the pharaoh known as Hatshepsut sanctioned its construction It is nearly one third larger than any ancient Egyptian obelisk ever erected If finished it would have measured
Get PriceThe unfinished obelisk is the largest known ancient obelisk and is located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt in Aswan Archaeologists claim the pharaoh known as Hatshepsut sanctioned its construction It is nearly one third larger than any ancient Egyptian obelisk ever erected
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