New ways of looking at highly organised stone quarrying in Ancient Egypt

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Pick (center) and chisel (top and bottom) tracks in the Ptolemaic part of the Shesmetet sandstone quarry near el-Kab. Smallest scale division is 1 cm. Photo by PER STOREMYR.

Pick (center) and chisel (top and bottom) tracks in the Ptolemaic part of the Shesmetet sandstone quarry near el-Kab. Smallest scale division is 1 cm. Photo by PER STOREMYR.

Pick (center) and chisel (top and bottom) tracks in the Ptolemaic part of the Shesmetet sandstone quarry near el-Kab. Smallest scale division is 1 cm. Photo by PER STOREMYR.


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