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Today, a visit to the quarries, just outside town, reveals some of the secrets of how the ancient Egyptians worked the stone.
Visit the still active quarries of Fantiscritti and Colonnata.
The largest of these quarries is near Estremoz, a walled town full of gleaming white marble stretching above the plains.
The town was also important for the pharaohs because it sat close to one of the largest sources of high-quality granite quarries in the country, providing stone for many of its finest temples.
Alabaster and marble: Carving skills have been passed down through the centuries, particularly in villages near the Valley of the Kings and around the marble quarries at Aswan.