Karnak's open-air museum preserves the Middle Kingdom White Chapel of Senusret I, whose calcite blocks were reused in Amenhotep III's Third Pylon. The video, presented by Salamkum, argues that saw-like cuts and tube-drill marks on the hard calcite show advanced ancient stoneworking. French archaeologist Georges Legrain, not Salamkum, is credited with finding the chapel.
Video argues saw and drill marks show advanced cutting on Karnak calcite chapels
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Key facts
- The museum displays the Middle Kingdom White Chapel of Senusret I alongside New Kingdom calcite chapels, including those of Amenhotep I and Thutmose III.
- French archaeologist Georges Legrain is credited with discovering the White Chapel remains; its calcite blocks were later reused in Amenhotep III's Third Pylon.
- The video argues that circular saw-like cuts and tube-drill marks on the hard calcite match marks at pyramid sites and indicate sophisticated ancient stoneworking. This is the presenter's interpretation, not proof of modern power machinery.
- Salamkum is the video's presenter, not the credited discoverer of the chapel.
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And here we have, at the site called Abugurab, near Abusir the obvious evidence of a tube drill cutting into alabaster. Theories that the Dynastic Egyptians ...
Karnak Open Air Museum: White Chapel and Red Chapeltemple-of-karnak.org
Reassembled chapels, among them the White Chapel, the Red Chapel of Hatshepsut and the calcite chapel of Thutmose III. Who built the Red Chapel?
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The chapel of Amenhotep I was a roofed rectangular structure made of large blocks of calcite with access doors on its short sides. The chapel is 3.6m across, 6 ...
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Karnak was the religious centre of ancient Thebes and site of a temple complex, covering 100 ha on the east bank of the Nile. Karnak was linked inseparably with ...
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Karnak Temple is the largest temple complex to have been constructed anywhere in the world. The temple was built over 4000 years ago. Ramses ...
Karnak Temple: Architecture, Components, Settlements ...africame.factsanddetails.com
The Red Chapel of Queen Hatashepsut (1505-1484 B.C.) is Karnak's largest chapel at 100 square meters. Comprised of huge black granite and red quartzite slabs, ...
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