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

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Pre-cut wedge holes along a natural fracture (at bottom center and right) and chisel tracks (on walls at left and above) in the Roman Gebel el-Qurna sandstone quarry near Aswan. Photo by PER STOREMYR.

Pre-cut wedge holes along a natural fracture (at bottom center and right) and chisel tracks (on walls at left and above) in the Roman Gebel el-Qurna sandstone quarry near Aswan. Photo by PER STOREMYR.

Pre-cut wedge holes along a natural fracture (at bottom center and right) and chisel tracks (on walls at left and above) in the Roman Gebel el-Qurna sandstone quarry near Aswan. Photo by PER STOREMYR.


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