Tura, Egypt
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The limestone from the quarry is thought to have been deposited during the late Lutetian stage of the Eocene epoch, about 42 million years ago. Some fossil fish species have been described from the quarry.[6][7]
Ancient mining town
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The Tura limestone was deep underground and instead of
The caves were adapted by British forces during World War II initially used to store a variety of equipment, including munitions.[16] In 1942 it was decided they would serve better as a bomb-proof location for the repair of aircraft engines by the Royal Air Force, and it was the engine repair section under 111 Maintenance Unit that was inspected on 22 August 1942 by Winston Churchill who recorded that "Everything looked very smart and efficient on the spot, and an immense amount of work was being done day and night by masses of skilled men. But I had my tables of facts and figures and remained dissatisfied. The scale was far too small."[17] The use of the caves for RAF aircraft engine repairs continued until 1945.
Paleontology
Some fossil taxa of marine ray-finned fish have been described from the quarry, including a species of sole in the extant genus Solea (Solea eocaenica), a grunt in the extant genus Pomadasys (Pomadasys sadeki), an eel in the extinct genus Mylomyrus (Mylomyrus frangens), and an enigmatic scaleless percoid fish (Blabe). All these fish would have inhabited the oceans that covered the area during the Middle Eocene, between 48.6 to 37.2 million years ago.[6][7]
See also
- List of ancient Egyptian sites, including sites of temples
- List of types of limestone
References
- ^ Peust, Carsten. "Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten" (PDF). p. 99.
- ^ Grimal, Nicholas. A History of Ancient Egypt. p. 27. Librairie Arthéme Fayard, 1988
- ^ Grimal, Nicholas. A History of Ancient Egypt. p. 111. Librairie Arthéme Fayard, 1988
- ^ a b Quarries of Masara and Tura Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine Accessed July 28, 2006
- ISBN 0-691-03169-X)
- ^ a b "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
- ^ ISSN 0374-5481.
- ^ Tura Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2009-06-16
- ^ Helwan Accessed July 28
- ^ Grimal, Nicholas. A History of Ancient Egypt. p. 109. Librairie Arthéme Fayard, 1988
- ^ Great Pyramid Accessed July 28, 2006
- ^ Grimal, Nicholas. A History of Ancient Egypt. p. 129. Librairie Arthéme Fayard, 1988
- ^ Grimal, Nicholas. A History of Ancient Egypt. p. 177. Librairie Arthéme Fayard, 1988
- ^ Grimal, Nicholas. A History of Ancient Egypt. p. 200. Librairie Arthéme Fayard, 1988
- ^ The Tury Discovery of Manuscripts Accessed July 28, 2006
- ^ Playfair, Vol. I, page 65.
- ^ Churchill, Winston. The Second World War, Vol IV, The Hinge of Fate, Chapter XXIX, p468
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-1-84574-065-8.