Masara

Masara is a sacred quarry site, the modern El-Masara, opposite Zawiet el-Aryan, Masara  was  excavate extensively  by Amenhotep I (1525-1504  B.C.E.),  who  used the  stone  for  his  great  making  programs,  taken early in the 18th Dynasty. Limestone from Masara was  transported  to Thebes for  the  temple of Ptah and Amun at Opet. The limestone from this pit was particularly frequent as a facing for repositories because of its lustrous peach.

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