The stone quarries of ancient Egypt once produced quality stone for the building of tombs and temples and for decorative monuments such as sarcophagi...

largest known ancient obelisk [citation needed] and is located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt in Aswan, Egypt. It was studied...

The Egyptian pyramids are ancient masonry structures located in Egypt. Sources cite at least 118 identified "Egyptian" pyramids. Approximately 80 pyramids...

Technology of ancient Egypt Ancient Egyptian units of measurement Stone quarries of ancient Egypt Ancient Egyptian architecture Egyptian pyramids Egyptian pyramid...

Rosetta Stone is a stele of granodiorite inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt, on behalf of King...

objects. A number of ancient Egyptian obelisks are known to have survived, plus the "unfinished obelisk" found partly hewn from its quarry at Aswan. These...

described from the quarry. The limestone from Tura was the finest and whitest of all the Egyptian quarries, so it was used for facing stones for the richest...

for Herb. Qasr el Banat Stone quarries of ancient Egypt Meeks, Cf. D. Coptos et le chemin de Pount. p. 303. The Archaeology of the Eastern Desert, Appendix...

Art of ancient Egypt Ancient Egyptian art refers to art produced in ancient Egypt between the 6th millennium BC and the 4th century AD, spanning from...

This is a list of known ancient Egyptian towns and cities. The list is for sites intended for permanent settlement and does not include fortresses and...

without encountering a barrier. The stone quarries of ancient Egypt located here were celebrated for their stone, and especially for the granitic rock...

Ancient Egyptian trade developed with the gradual creation of land and sea trade routes connecting the ancient Egyptian civilization with ancient India...

way as earlier ones. Most of the construction hypotheses are based on the belief that huge stones were carved from quarries with copper chisels, and these...

Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa. It was concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River, situated in the place that...

Ancient Egyptian technology describes devices and technologies invented or used in Ancient Egypt. The Egyptians invented and used many simple machines...

Egyptomania. Due to the scarcity of wood, the two predominant building materials used in ancient Egypt were sun-baked mud brick and stone, mainly limestone, but...

Ancient Egyptian literature was written with the Egyptian language from ancient Egypt's pharaonic period until the end of Roman domination. It represents...

drums. The capital block of Trajan's Column weighs 53.3 tons. Rameses IV reopened the stone quarries of Wadi Hammamat and had stones dragged 60 miles (97 km)...

history of ancient Egypt spans the period from the early prehistoric settlements of the northern Nile valley to the Roman conquest of Egypt in 30 BC...

In ancient Egyptian history, the Old Kingdom is the period spanning c. 2700–2200 BC. It is also known as the "Age of the Pyramids" or the "Age of the Pyramid...

This page list topics related to ancient Egypt. Contents 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Lists See also 4.2-kiloyear event 317a...

in the Nile Valley and large cities developed. Eventually, ancient Egypt unified in one of the world's first civilizations.[citation needed] Dates are...

Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of ancient Egypt, between c. 2600 – c. 2500 BC. The site also includes several temples, cemeteries, and the remains of a workers'...

of the "King's chamber" and the "relieving chambers" above it. Ancient Egyptians cut stone into rough blocks by hammering grooves into natural stone faces...

32.933 Regarding quarrying Stone quarries of ancient Egypt Gebel el-Haridi Regarding Sobek or religion Ammit Faiyum Ancient Egyptian religion Other Cultural...

Teresa. "Stone quarries in ancient Egypt. Details about the Giza quarries, the granite quarries in Assuan, and the Tura limestone quarries". cheops-pyramide...

was the ancient capital of Inebu-hedj, the first nome of Lower Egypt that was known as mḥw ("North"). Its ruins are located in the vicinity of the present-day...

Egyptian temples were built for the official worship of the gods and in commemoration of the pharaohs in ancient Egypt and regions under Egyptian control...

Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt (notated Dynasty XX, alternatively 20th Dynasty or Dynasty 20) is the third and last dynasty of the Ancient Egyptian New Kingdom...

 Wadi al-Jarf   Find-spot   Giza   Tura quarries  The Diary of Merer (also known as Papyrus Jarf) is the name for papyrus logbooks written over 4,500 years...