granite - Living The Q Life Travel AdventuresExplore The World With Us One Country At A TimeFri, 20 Jul 2018 18:55:11 +0000en-UShourly1https://s0.wp.com/i/webclip.pnggranite - Living The Q Life Travel Adventures3232 94661481Ancient Granite Quarry in Aswan, Egypt/2018/07/20/ancient-granite-quarry-in-aswan-egypt/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ancient-granite-quarry-in-aswan-egypt/2018/07/20/ancient-granite-quarry-in-aswan-egypt/#commentsFri, 20 Jul 2018 18:32:35 +0000/?p=22729One of the first things we visited when we arrived in Aswan was the northern quarry, which contains an unfinished obelisk. Most of the granite that was used in ancient Egypt was mined from the quarries of Aswan and carried up the Nile on boats. It must have been extremely hard work to mine granite …

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