|
|||||
|
|
SOURCES OF THE QUARTZITE OF SOME ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SCULPTURES |
|
| Authors: | F. H. STROSS R. L. HAY F. ASARO H. R. BOWMAN H. V. MICHEL |
| Abstract: | This article reports the results of analysis of samples collected from some Egyptian quartzite artifacts. such as statuary, dating from the New Kingdom. Most of the artifacts are located in Upper Egypt, but the results of analysis suggest that, until the middle of the fourteenth century B.C., the quartzite came from a more distant quarry near Cairo rather than from the quartzite quarries located near Aswan in Upper Egypt. |
| Keywords: | |