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The largest of these quarries is near Estremoz, a walled town full of gleaming white marble stretching above the plains.
About 46 km (28 miles) northeast of Évora, marble supplants more mundane building materials for churches and palaces, thanks to the great number of quarries found at Estremoz, Borba, and Vila Viçosa.
Today, a visit to the quarries, just outside town, reveals some of the secrets of how the ancient Egyptians worked the stone.
But there's a catch: federal law prohibits enforcing safety training rules at quarries.
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.