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What kinds of stone came from ancient Egyptian quarries and what was this stone used for?
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∙ 13y ago
Quartz and gold. It was used for many many reasons. Gold was used for masks for pharoes who died, wealthy peoples houses, and sometimes currency. Quartz was basically used as the same things except masks and currency.
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∙ 9y ago- "Ordinary" Rocks
These were used to create many buildings and early tools. Earlier Egyptians split rocks by hammering a wooden wedge into them and then wetting the wedge. The wooden wedge would soak up the water and expand, causing the rock to split, making it easier to transport and craft from. - Limestone
Ancient Egyptians mined limestone from Memphis (the original Egyptian location not the US location named after it). This was used to craft sculptures and as a building material. - Quartz
These are crystals which were used for many things such as jewellery. We have discovered an Ancient Egyptian quartz mine in modern-day Gabel el-Ahmar. - Sandstone
Another stone used for buildings. One particular limestone mine built by them is located at Gebel es-Silsila. - Alabaster (or stalagmitic limestone)
This is like marble. Egyptians used this to craft sculptures and ornaments as well as to etch on decorative markings for buildings. They mined this from the Eastern Desert. - Granite.
They also had several granite quarries around Aswan. Polished granite was used to decorate the walls of tombs and the homes of the rich. Granite was also used to hold up sections of earth in mining quarries. - Flint
Flint was crucial to the poor man. It was used to make flint farming tools such as sickles. In the early days before they discovered how to make metal weapons, the very first Egyptians also used flint to fashion weapons from. - Steatite (or soapstone)
This was used to make cheap jewellery, usually jewellery representations of scarab beetles. - Clay
Clay could be harvested from the bottom of the River Nile. It was used for ornaments, sculptures, as an early method of keeping records (clay tablets, before paper was discovered) and for buildings.
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What is the rosseta stone and why is it important?
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ancient egyptian tablet that has 3 different languages
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ancient Greek, hieroglyphics, and demotic (Egyptian)
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What has the author Barbara G Aston written?
Barbara G. Aston has written: 'Ancient Egyptian stone vessels' -- subject(s): Egyptian Vases, Mines and mineral resources, Stone implements, Vases, Egyptian
