Gypsum quarries in the northern Faiyum quarry landscape, Egypt…

Corpus ID: 132846558; Gypsum quarries in the northern Faiyum quarry landscape, Egypt: a geo-archaeological case study @inproceedings{Heldal2009GypsumQI, title={Gypsum quarries in the northern Faiyum quarry landscape, Egypt: a geo-archaeological case study}, author={Tom Heldal and Elizabeth Bloxam and Patrick Degryse and Per Storemyr and Adel M. Kelany}, …

OLD KINGDOM BASALT QUARRYING ACTIV'ITIES …

The Widan el-Faras quarry is the most likely source of basalt used in Old Kingdom pyramid complexes, most conspicuously during the Fourth and Fifth Dynasties, for paving mortuary temple floors.

Geoconservation History of a Basalt Quarry

Comparison of German topographic maps at the scale of 1:25,000 documents quarry expansion and associated landscape changes. a Map from 1887, with two inns (Wilhelmsbaude, Wolfsbaude) and no signs of large-scale quarrying, although some local operations must have taken place as suggested by the name Basalt Br. (basalt quarry).b Map …

The Origin and Use of Basalt in Old Kingdom Funerary Temples …

Approximately 2700 electron-microprobe analyses of minerals in microsamples (1 mg) from 117 Egyptian basalt vessels indicate, unequivocally, that the bedrock source of every vessel is the Haddadin ...

Geotechnical Evaluation of Basalt Rocks: A Review in the …

Basalt rocks are a common geological formation that plays a crucial role in various engineering applications, such as construction, infrastructure development, and geotechnical engineering.

ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION OF BASALT …

It is in this context that the rejuvenation of a basalt quarry was undertaken. Timba – in Mehasana – is situated about 110 km South-East of Ahmedabad, and 100 km North-East of Baroda. It is part of the geological …

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Request of best offers proposals in a public auction for the leasing and exploitation of a basalt quarry for 2 years at a land lot next to a land owned by the General Co. for Mineral Wealth …

SOURCES OF WATER EMANATING FROM THE QUARRYING LOCATIONS …

The elevation of basalt rocks of Oligocene age for about 20m above the mean sea level with 40m thickness in Abu Zaabal area enhanced the quarrying operations in several locations.

Widan el-Faras Ancient Quarry Landscape, Northern …

• The East quarry (with individual quarry areas numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4) • The West quarry (with individual quarry area numbered 5) • The Basalt block area (formerly known as the "Quarrymen's camp") • The Encampment area • The Ancient paved quarry road from the quarries to Qasr el-Sagha (including the quay at Qasr el-Sagha)

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Spheroidal weathering of basalt from Gebel Qatrani, Fayum Depression, Egypt

The Late Oligocene basalt of Gebel Qatrani in Fayum Depression, Egypt, shows signs of early weathering, particularly exhibited in basalt spheroids found at the top of the basalt flow.

(PDF) QuarryScapes: Ancient Stone Quarry Landscapes in …

On Gebel Qatrani, at 350 m above sea level and on the highest point in northwestern Egypt, lies Widan el-Faras, a basalt quarry which in a sense can be regarded as the 'sister quarry' of Gebel el-Ahmar; the two quarries are the only known heavily exploited ancient sources of hardstone relatively close to (but outside) the Nile Valley ...

National inventory and database of ancient stone quarry landscapes in Egypt

Shawarby, a., fathy, e., Sadek, m., amin, N., yousri, r. and Kayser, S. (2009) National inventory and database of ancient stone quarry landscapes in egypt. In abu ...

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Old Kingdom Basalt Quarrying Activities at Widan el-Faras, …

These conditions enabled medium-sized basalt blocks to be transported largely via water to the pyramid construction sites, thus avoiding lengthy and difficult carriage overland. Bloxam, E.G. and Storemyr, P. 2002. Old Kingdom Basalt Quarrying Activities at Widan el-Faras, Northern Faiyum Desert. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 88, pp. 23-36.

(PDF) Ancient Egyptian quarries

Map of the Kom Ombo area showing the sandstone quarries at Gebel el-Silsila (S9a, b, Middle to New Kingdom, Ptolemaic to Roman), Nag el-Hammam (S8, S35, Middle and/or New Kingdom), Wadi el-Shatt ...

Map of Egypt showing basalt outcrops (solid black) and …

Map of Egypt showing basalt outcrops (solid black) and areas containing Triassic to Tertiary felsic and/or mafic flows, sills, dykes and/or plugs (outlined areas, e.g. Gebel Kamil in the south).

E ploitation of basalt mining

leasing and e ploitation of basalt quarry egypt. Webleasing and exploitation of basalt quarry egypt. Map of the Widan el-Faras basalt quarry (H2, Old Kingdom) in the northern Faiyum showing the quarry workings and the 12 km-long paved road leading from the quarry to the quay near Qasr el-Sagha and formerly on the shore of a much higher Faiyum ...

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Ten quarries of Ancient Egypt: 8 – The quarry at Widan el …

Harrell, J.A. and Bown, T.M. (1995) An Old Kingdom basalt quarry at Widan el-Faras and the quarry road to Lake Moeris in the Faiyum, Egypt. Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, 32, 71–91. JSTOR; Bloxam, E.G. and Storemyr, P. (2002) Old Kingdom basalt quarrying activities at Widan El-Faras, northern Faiyum Desert.

Application of Basalt and it's Products in Civil Engineering

Th e basalt rebar consists of 80% of basalt fiber that offers . better mechanical pr operty to the reinforced concre te. It ca n . be used as an alter native to steel bars where corrosion is a .

ENVIRONMENTAL DETERIORATION AND …

Basalt is affected by several types of deterioration namely granular disintegration, plats, flakes, efflorescence and biological colonization. The influence of environmental factors has played …

New evidence of small-scale Roman basalt quarrying in Egypt…

Storemyr, P, Heldal, T, Bloxam, E & Harrell, J 2009, New evidence of small-scale Roman basalt quarrying in Egypt: Widan el Faras in the northern Faiyum desert and Tilal Sawda by El-Minya. in Y Maniatis (ed.), ASMOSIA VII: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of Association for the Study of Marble and Other Stones in Antiquity. De Boccard, France, pp. 243 - 256, 7th …

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The Stone Source of Predynastic Basalt Vessels

Map of Egypt showing basalt outcrops (solid black) and areas containing Triassic to Tertiary felsic and/or mafic flows, sills, dykes and/or plugs (outlined areas, e.g. Gebel Kamil in the south).

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

Segmented chisel tracks in the Ptolemaic part of the Gebel el-Silsila sandstone quarry. The two large 'quarry marks' at center (resembling a harpoon or arrow combined with the numeral four) and another smaller, fainter one at upper left (a harpoon only) symbolized the god Horus but may also have had some meaning related to the quarrying process (NILSSON …

The Types of stones that were used in ancient Egypt

The most important sand quarry is located at the river chain at a distance of 40 kilometres north of Aswan between Edfu and Kom Ombo. ... In contrast, the second type can be distinguished by the ordinary eye, called « Dolorite ». The type of basalt that is used in Egypt is, in fact, diorite with fine grains. It was used in the era of the Old ...

(PDF) The Ancient Stone Quarry Landscapes of …

Edited by Samir Ghabbour, 2013 (Original page numbers: 281-329, contribution slightly edited) The Ancient Stone Quarry Landscapes of Egypt: Proposal for a New Serial World Heritage Site Per Storemyr1 and James A. Harrell2 1 Per …

Widan El Faras Basalt quarry

Widan El Faras Basalt quarry A large black basalt quarry exists at the northern edge of Gebel Qatrani, near the two prominent buttes called Widan el-Faras an authentic desert adventure. It was once an Old Kingdom quarry now known to be the source of basalt used for the Old Kingdom pyramid temples. The site stands about 340 meters above sea level.