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🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder

Syene Granite Quarries

Old Kingdom to Roman (2700 BCE–500 CE; peak 1500–30 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian / Roman

Syene (Aswan) granite quarries are Old–Ptolemaic hardstone source producing 100-m-long unfinished obelisk of Hatshepsut (1,200 t) abandoned in bedrock crack, plus sarcophagi, colossi and pavements…

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works

Aswan First Cataract — Unfinished Obelisk Quarry Canal

New Kingdom to British (1470 BCE – 1902 CE) · Egyptian New Kingdom with British Aswan regulation

Quarry slipway and basin 150 m to float 42 m Unfinished Obelisk and blocks to Nile.