Assouan (Syène), Carrières de Granit - Ancien Système d'Extraction, 1851–52, printed 1853–54, Salted paper print from paper negative, 23.8 x 30.3 cm. (9 3/8 x 11 15/16 in.), Photographs, Félix Teynard (French, 1817–1892), Most of the colossi and obelisks of ancient Egypt were cut from this granite quarry in Nubia. The clean diagonal mass in the center is an unfinished obelisk, evidently abandoned when a crack traveled down its 100-foot length
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Assouan, Syène, Carrières de Granit, Ancien Système d'Extraction, 1851–52, printed 1853–54, Salted paper print, paper negative, 23.8 x 30.3 cm, 9, 3/8, x 11, 15/16, Photographs, Félix Teynard, French, 1817–1892, colossi, obelisks, ancient Egypt, cut, granite quarry, Nubia, clean diagonal mass, center, unfinished obelisk, evidently abandoned, crack traveled, down, 100-foot length
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