Where was stones quarries in ancient Egypt?
During the Dynastic and Ptolemaic Periods, most of the ornamental stone was quarried in the Aswan region (gran- ite, granodiorite, and silicified sandstone) with other smaller quarries located near Cairo (silicified sandstone), in the West- ern Desert’s Faiyum (basalt) and Abu Simbel/Toshka area (anorthosite–gabbro … What were quarries used for in ancient Egypt? The stone…