Aswan Granite Quarries Egypt

The aswan stone quarries granite aswan assuan lies 934km south from giza up the nile river about 700 km air line distance.

Aswan granite quarries egypt.

Archaeologists claim the female pharaoh known as hatshepsut sanctioned its construction. The quarries of aswan are located along the nile in the city of aswan there are a number of well known sites. Obelisk by night at luxor temple. The unfinished obelisk is the largest known ancient obelisk and is located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient egypt in aswan assuan egypt.

Aswan red light aswan red medium and aswan red dark. Explore three of aswan s signature sights at a pace that suits your style on this private door to door tour with egyptologist guide. Granite quarry survey in the aswan region egypt. The granite quarries lie south and southeast of the city of aswan on the right side of the nile and cover an area of about 20 km.

The granite for the pyramids probably came from the northern part. There are three types available. The unfinished obelisk offers unusual insights into ancient egyptian stone working techniques with marks from workers tools still clearly visible as well as ochre colored lines marking where they were working. Therefore a great deal of evidence concerning the ancient extraction and working of this extremely hard stone derives from extensive archaeological remains to the southeast of the modern city.

The granite quarries at aswan which were first exploited at least as early as the beginning of pharaonic times are still in use today. Walk atop the 364 foot 111 meter high dam see the unfinished obelisk in its ancient granite quarries and ride a motorboat to the beautiful island that s home to philae temple. One of the earliest known directors of the aswan quarry was employed by ramses iii named hori around 1170 bc 1. However modern engineers question as.

More recently important studies of the aswan granite quarries include röder 1965 and klemm and klemm. Aswan red granite is quarried near aswan egypt. Shellal consisting of northern and southern quarries within an area of about 20 km 2 7 7 sq mi on the west bank and the islands of elephantine and seheil one of the known directors of the aswan sites was hori during the reign of ramses iii. There are several quarries in egypt but the preferred granite source came from the aswan area.

Granite quarry in aswan egypt. It is also much smaller than the unfinished obelisk in the quarry. Besides the unfinished obelisk an unfinished partly worked obelisk base was discovered in 2005 at the quarries of aswan.