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(First drafted: 15 February 2000)
(Last revised: 21 September 2000)

In this page some results of investigations to the ancient Egyptian quarries carried out in 1999 and 2000 are briefly reported. This project is a part of "A Comprehensive Study on the Intensification of Architectural Systems", and supported by a grant in 1999-2001 from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

Contents

• Quarry at Qurna (Limestone), Winter 1999-2000
  
• Quarry at Gebel Silsilah (Sandstone), Summer 2000
  
• Quarry at Aswan (Granite), Summer 2000
  
• Tools in the Ancient Egypt (replicas)
  
• Stones in the Ancient Egypt
  
• Bibliography on the Quarry in the Ancient Egypt
  
• Web site on the Ancient Egyptian quarries (by Dr James H. Harrell)
  

All correspondence should be sent to: Shin-ichi Nishimoto(nishimot@mn.waseda.ac.jp), Department of Architecture at Waseda University, editor of this page.

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