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Quarries near Maasara, from which the limestone for the construction of the pyramids was taken, Friedrich Maximilian Hessemer

Friedrich Maximilian Hessemer

Quarries near Maasara, from which the limestone for the construction of the pyramids was taken

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Friedrich Maximilian Hessemer

Quarries near Maasara, from which the limestone for the construction of the pyramids was taken, December 25, 1829

Blatt: 219 x 313 mm

Inventory Number: 5105

Object Number: 5105 Z

Status: Request for presentation in the study room of the Prints and Drawings Department

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Title: Quarries near Maasara, from which the limestone for the construction of the pyramids was taken

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Friedrich Maximilian Hessemer

Part Number / Total: 35 / 41

Production Place

Egypt

Period Produced

19th century

Object Type

drawing

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pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

German

Production Reason

study

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Datiert und bezeichnet unten rechts (mit Bleistift): Steinbrüche bei Massarra, / aus welchen das Material für die / Pyramiden genommen ist. / 25 Dbr. 1829.

Captions Added Later: Bezeichnet oben rechts (mit Bleistift): 79.

Watermark: Nicht geprüft

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10.08.2026