Mediterranean Sea
ISRAEL
Transporting limestone blocks to the pyramid construction site
JORDAN
Cario
Cairo
Giza
SAUDI
ARABIA
One of the mysteries of the pyramids has been how limestone blocks for the pyramids’ outer casings were transported from a quarry eight miles away across the Nile at Tura. Archeologist Mark Lehner thinks they were hauled by boat. The stones weighed as much as 17 tons. He also believes that granite blocks used in the pyramid from Aswan 370 miles away were transported by water.
Nile River
EGYPT
LIBYA
Red
Sea
Aswan
Detail
SUDAN
Nile River (Today)
Limestone quarries at Tura
Pyramid complex
(Detailed below)
GIZA
Floodplain
Giza Plateau
Tura
8 miles
Transporting limestone blocks to the pyramid construction site
One of the mysteries of the pyramids has been how limestone blocks for the pyramids’ outer casings were transported from a quarry eight miles away across the Nile at Tura. Archeologist Mark Lehner thinks they were hauled by boat. The stones weighed as much as 17 tons. He also believes that granite blocks used in the pyramid from Aswan 370 miles away were transported by water.
Mediterranean Sea
ISRAEL
JORDAN
Cario
Cairo
Giza
SAUDI
ARABIA
Nile River
EGYPT
LIBYA
Red
Sea
Aswan
Detail
SUDAN
Limestone quarries
Pyramid complex
(Detailed below)
GIZA
Floodplain
Tura
8 miles
Giza Plateau
Nile River (Today)