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Fractured Dolerite pounding ball at the 'Unfinished Obelisk' quarry in Aswan
Dolerite is a very hard igneous rock. It was used by the Egyptians at Aswan in pounding balls of up to 5 kilos or more to shape the stone they were extracting from the quarry.
Photo ID: EGY_Fractured_Dolerite_Pounding_Ball_at_Unfinished_Obelisk_043EA
Photo size: 16.6 Mpixels (47.5 MB uncompressed) - 4992x3328 pixels (16.6x11.1 in / 42.3x28.2 cm at 300 ppi)
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