Multiple-block extraction on descending platforms in the New Kingdom to Late Period part of the el-Sawayta limestone quarry near Samalut. Note the wide, shallow steps left by offset platforms and, at center and at left, the two narrower but deeper, squarish platform remnants. Photo by JAMES HARRELL.
Multiple-block extraction on descending platforms in the New Kingdom to Late Period part of the el-Sawayta limestone quarry near Samalut. Note the wide, shallow steps left by offset platforms and, at center and at left, the two narrower but deeper, squarish platform remnants. Photo by JAMES HARRELL.
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