Friday, November 14, 2014

Ancient Egyptian statue made of pink limestone

Hallo to your fasinating site.

I have a question that you may possible be able to help with. A friend of
mine has a fine piece of Ancient Egyptian statue that is made of pink
limestone. He has asked me exactly where in Egypt the stone may have
originally come from? He asked me as a geologist, but I am not clued up on
Egyptian geology, all I know is going from north to south there reef
limestones, then oolitic limestones (the Pyramids are built of this) greast
sections of the Theban series of limestones, then shales then sandstones and
finally Aswan granites. Anyone help with this one?

Best Regards,

Steve Cross

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