Egypt
QuarryScapes Publications
- Ancient Egyptian Quarries Literature Update
Archaeology and Conservation Services (Per Storemyr) Thanks to Per Storemyr for letting me know that his list of literature about ancient Egyptian quarries has been updated. This is a great resource for anyone interested in the topic of stone quarrying...
- Photo For Today - Tareq, Mons Porphyrites
Tareq, Mons Porphyrites The Eastern Desert was used as a resource for raw materials throughout late Predynastic and Dynastic Egypt. The Eastern Desert was a resource for stones and minerals and a through-route for traffic moving between the Red Sea coast...
- New Book: Mons Claudianus. Ostraca Graeca Et Latina Iv
What's New in Papyrology Adam Bülow-Jacobsen, Mons Claudianus. Ostraca graeca et latina IV The international excavations at Mons Claudianus (1987-1993) in the Eastern Desert with the collaboration of the IFAO produced over 9000, mostly Greek, ostraca....
- Auction: Roman Statue Of Purple Porphyry
News-Antique I've added this only because the statue in question was made from a stone exclusively available from the Eastern Desert of Egypt and quarried from there during the Roman period. The settlement built to accompany the site was called Mons...
- Daily Photo - Mons Claudianus, Eastern Desert
I am a bit up to my ears in things today, but if you'd like to know more about Mons Claudianus, a Roman quarrying site and settlement in the Eastern Desert, have a look at this page on one of my other sites, where there is a section about Mons Claudianus...
Egypt
Quarryscapes website updated
QuarryScapes Publications
It is good to see that the website for a very useful project has been updated with an expanded bibliography and some online publications (thanks to Per Storemyr for letting me know). The QuarryScapes project was first established to raise awareness of the value of ancient quarries to the understanding of the industrial and economic activities of the socieites that excavated them. Many of these quarries are now under threat from modern development activity.
The most recent updates to the site include Characterization of complex quarry landscapes: an example from the West Bank quarries, Aswan (Work Package 4, Deliverable 4). The report is broken down into a number of chapters written by different authors, and the entire report is edited by: Elizabeth Bloxam, Tom Heldal, Per Storemyr. It is an excellent resource, in PDF format - but before you hit the Print button on your keyboard do note that it is 289 pages long. Two mapsheets accompany the article, also in PDF format: Mapsheet 1 and Mapsheet 2.
See also the News section on all pages including the Home Page, which has details about work carried out in the Aswan area in March 2007.
The Eastern Desert section of QuarryScapes has no data at the moment, but for those interested in a summary of some of the material, Early Dynastic quarrying at Gebel Manzal el Seyl is described on my Eastern Desert website, as are the the Greek and Roman quarrying activities at Mons Porphyrites and Mons Claudianus, which are covered in some detail on the Graeco-Roman page. I've listed some of the raw material resources available on my Eastern Desert site in the raw materials appendix.
Another excellent online resource for ancient Egyptian raw materials and quarrying is James Harrell's Archaeological Geology of Ancient Egypt.
Another excellent online resource for ancient Egyptian raw materials and quarrying is James Harrell's Archaeological Geology of Ancient Egypt.
- Ancient Egyptian Quarries Literature Update
Archaeology and Conservation Services (Per Storemyr) Thanks to Per Storemyr for letting me know that his list of literature about ancient Egyptian quarries has been updated. This is a great resource for anyone interested in the topic of stone quarrying...
- Photo For Today - Tareq, Mons Porphyrites
Tareq, Mons Porphyrites The Eastern Desert was used as a resource for raw materials throughout late Predynastic and Dynastic Egypt. The Eastern Desert was a resource for stones and minerals and a through-route for traffic moving between the Red Sea coast...
- New Book: Mons Claudianus. Ostraca Graeca Et Latina Iv
What's New in Papyrology Adam Bülow-Jacobsen, Mons Claudianus. Ostraca graeca et latina IV The international excavations at Mons Claudianus (1987-1993) in the Eastern Desert with the collaboration of the IFAO produced over 9000, mostly Greek, ostraca....
- Auction: Roman Statue Of Purple Porphyry
News-Antique I've added this only because the statue in question was made from a stone exclusively available from the Eastern Desert of Egypt and quarried from there during the Roman period. The settlement built to accompany the site was called Mons...
- Daily Photo - Mons Claudianus, Eastern Desert
I am a bit up to my ears in things today, but if you'd like to know more about Mons Claudianus, a Roman quarrying site and settlement in the Eastern Desert, have a look at this page on one of my other sites, where there is a section about Mons Claudianus...