The Quarries of Meroe, Sudan : Part 1 - Text
<table><tr><td><h3>About Part 1</h3><p dir="ltr">A team of international researchers present their research on all aspects of quarrying: history, geology, quarrying technique, graffiti in quarries, Meroitic and Greek inscriptions in quarries, as well as...
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| Summary: | <table><tr><td><h3>About Part 1</h3><p dir="ltr">A team of international researchers present their research on all aspects of quarrying: history, geology, quarrying technique, graffiti in quarries, Meroitic and Greek inscriptions in quarries, as well as the petrography of Nubian sandstone. A final chapter deals with the challenges of surveying quarries in the desert. All articles have extensive Arabic summaries.</p><h3>Map</h3><p dir="ltr">A map in A0 format of the wider study area, with individual quarry locations marked. PDF - 25 MB.</p><h3>Video</h3><p dir="ltr">This two-part set is accompanied by five short educational and illustrative slideshows in English and Arabic about the authors’ work on the sandstone quarries around Meroe. The highlight is a 5-minute aerial and underground ‘fly-through’ video presenting quarry Q41, the largest and most impressive of the gallery quarries in the study area, available in 2D or 3D. All videos are available here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7-ic31cMSbvWosaClqx-qHJYtYWraVgB" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7-ic31cMSbvWosaClqx-qHJYtYWraVgB</a>.</p><h3>Acknowledgement</h3><p dir="ltr">This publication and the associated videos were made possible by NPRP grant 5-879-6-025 from the Qatar National Research Fund (a member of Qatar Foundation). The statements made herein are solely the responsibility of the author(s).</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Editors: Brigitte Cech, Thilo Rehren and Abdelrahman Ali Mohamed<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</a><br>See book on publisher's website: <a href="https://doi.org/10.5339/uclq.2018.9789927118876" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.5339/uclq.2018.9789927118876</a></p></td></tr></table><p></p> |
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