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

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Platform extraction levels on the wall of the Roman Nazlet Hussein Ali limestone quarry near el-Minya. Note the regularly spaced, vertical gashes left at each platform level representing block widths. Photo by JAMES HARRELL.

Platform extraction levels on the wall of the Roman Nazlet Hussein Ali limestone quarry near el-Minya. Note the regularly spaced, vertical gashes left at each platform level representing block widths. Photo by JAMES HARRELL.

Platform extraction levels on the wall of the Roman Nazlet Hussein Ali limestone quarry near el-Minya. Note the regularly spaced, vertical gashes left at each platform level representing block widths. Photo by JAMES HARRELL.


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