Aswan Granite Quarries Egypt

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Aswan granite quarries egypt.

The quarries of aswan are located along the nile in the city of aswan there are a number of well known sites. Walk atop the 364 foot 111 meter high dam see the unfinished obelisk in its ancient granite quarries and ride a motorboat to the beautiful island that s home to philae temple. Explore three of aswan s signature sights at a pace that suits your style on this private door to door tour with egyptologist guide. Granite quarry survey in the aswan region egypt.

Red aswan rosengranit rosso assuan roter aegyptischer granit aswan red dark hg 12 rosa aswan dark rosso assuan scuro. One of the earliest known directors of the aswan quarry was employed by ramses iii named hori around 1170 bc 1. Aswan red light aswan red medium and aswan red dark. Shellal consisting of northern and southern quarries within an area of about 20 km 2 7 7 sq mi on the west bank and the islands of elephantine and seheil one of the known directors of the aswan sites was hori during the reign of ramses iii.

Therefore a great deal of evidence concerning the ancient extraction and working of this extremely hard stone derives from extensive archaeological remains to the southeast of the modern city. More recently important studies of the aswan granite quarries include röder 1965 and klemm and klemm. 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 km. She dding new light on ancient quarrying n the inscriptions as well as ball 1907 who published several studies of the first cataract region including the ancient quarries.

It is also much smaller than the unfinished obelisk in the quarry. There are several quarries in egypt but the preferred granite source came from the aswan area. Obelisk by night at luxor temple. The granite for the pyramids probably came from the northern part.

Besides the unfinished obelisk an unfinished partly worked obelisk base was discovered in 2005 at the quarries of aswan. The aswan stone quarries granite aswan assuan lies 934km south from giza up the nile river about 700 km air line distance. However modern engineers question as. Granite quarry in aswan egypt.

The unfinished obelisk offers unusual insights into ancient egyptian stone working techniques with marks from workers tools still clearly visible as well as ochre colored lines marking where they were working. Aswan red granite is quarried near aswan egypt. The granite quarries at aswan which were first exploited at least as early as the beginning of pharaonic times are still in use today.