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    Hatnub was the location of Egyptian alabaster quarries and an associated seasonally occupied workers' settlement in the Eastern Desert, about 65 km (40 mi)...
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    or Sheikh Ibada) Beni Hasan Deir el-Bersha el-Sheikh Sa'id Fraser Tombs Hatnub Hebenu (Kom el-Ahmar) Herwer (Hur) Khmun (Hermopolis Magna or el-Ashmunein)...
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  • various Ancient Egyptian periods, those include Wadi el-Hudi, Gebel el-Asr, Hatnub, Wadi Hammamat, among others. He is a social historian and archaeologist...
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    announced the discovery of the remains of a 4,500-year-old ramp contraption at Hatnub, excavated since 2012. This method, which aided in lifting the heavy alabaster...
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    Hammamat, amethyst from Wadi el-Hudi, fine limestone from Tura, alabaster from Hatnub, red granite from Aswan, and diorite from Nubia. A large corpus of inscriptions...
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    Peninsula to mine for turquoise and copper, as well as to the mines at Hatnub and Wadi Hammamat. The pharaoh Djedkara sent trade expeditions south to...
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    to those found at other sites of Khufu, such as the alabaster quarry at Hatnub or the harbour at Wadi al-Jarf, and are present in pyramids of other pharaohs...
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    were mined at Wadi Maghareh in the Sinai, and alabaster was quarried from Hatnub. He is mentioned in inscriptions found in the Phoenician city of Byblos...
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    surviving inscription written during Merenre's rule is located in a quarry at Hatnub mentioning the year after the 5th cattle count. If the cattle count was...
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  • Count 3rd Month of Summer day lost (Year 12 if the count was biannual) from Hatnub Graffito No.1. This information is confirmed by the South Saqqara Stone...
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