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

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A gallery in the Ptolemaic or Roman part of the Gebel Tukh limestone quarry near el-Mansha with a horizontal slot cut at the top of the quarry face. Photo by JAMES HARRELL.

A gallery in the Ptolemaic or Roman part of the Gebel Tukh limestone quarry near el-Mansha with a horizontal slot cut at the top of the quarry face. Photo by JAMES HARRELL.

A gallery in the Ptolemaic or Roman part of the Gebel Tukh limestone quarry near el-Mansha with a horizontal slot cut at the top of the quarry face. Photo by JAMES HARRELL.


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