Facing the Drilling and Blasting Difficulties at Helwan
The limestone in HCC quarry is thickly bedded faint yellow fossiliferous moderately hard and exhibiting 3 4 of thin hard dolomitic bands The quarry is situated in an area of relatively low relief land The western and southern limits of the quarry are bounded by two main valleys joined together at the southwest corner
PDF Granite quarry survey in the Aswan region
The stone quarries of ancient Egypt once produced quality stone for the building of tombs and temples and for decorative monuments such as sarcophagi stelae and statues [1] These quarries are now recognised archaeological quarry sites in the Nile valley accounted for much of the limestone and sandstone used as building stone for temples monuments and