Ten quarries of Ancient Egypt: 4 – Wadi el-Muluk limestone quarry

Ceiling full of red lines in a gallery at the Wadi el-Muluk quarry, probably marking how the extraction of stone went on back in the New Kingdom. Photo: Per Storemyr

Ceiling full of red lines in a gallery at the Wadi el-Muluk quarry, probably marking how the extraction of stone went on back in the New Kingdom. Photo: Per Storemyr

Ceiling full of red lines in a gallery at the Wadi el-Muluk quarry, probably marking how the extraction of stone went on back in the New Kingdom. Photo: Per Storemyr

Ceiling full of red lines in a gallery at the Wadi el-Muluk quarry, probably marking how the extraction of stone went on back in the New Kingdom. Photo: Per Storemyr


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