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Giza Limestone Quarry (Egypt)


The stones used for Khufu's pyramid is a gray-yellow colored nummulite limestone and belongs to the Mokattam formation. The Giza quarries only lie a couple hundred meters south from the pyramid of Khufu. Then the plateau itself where the pyramid lies was also used for quarrying stones.
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Latitude: 29.97663
Longitude: 31.13131

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