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L. Coyote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-28-07 06:14 PM
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Canal Linking Ancient Egypt Quarry to Nile Found
Canal Linking Ancient Egypt Quarry to Nile Found
Steven Stanek in Cairo, Egypt
for National Geographic News
October 24, 2007
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/10/071024-ancient-egypt.html


Experts have discovered a canal at an Aswan rock quarry that they believe was used to help float some of ancient Egypt's largest stone monuments to the Nile River.

It has long been suspected that ancient workers moved the massive artifacts directly to their final destinations over waterways. ........
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