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A ''' | [[File:ACO Nitria.jpg|thumb|250px|Nitria, a natron quarry in Egypt]] | ||
A '''quarry''' is a place used to extract various building materials from the ground. Whereas {{Wiki|Mining|mines}} are mainly underground locations used to find and extract precious materials, quarries are open pits. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===5th century BCE=== | ===5th century BCE=== | ||
During the [[Peloponnesian War]], numerous quarries were active throughout the [[Greece|Greek]] world, the main material hewed being marble.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref> | During the [[Peloponnesian War]], numerous quarries were active throughout the [[Greece|Greek]] world, the main material hewed being [[marble]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref> | ||
===1st century BCE=== | ===1st century BCE=== | ||
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A quarry is a place used to extract various building materials from the ground. Whereas mines are mainly underground locations used to find and extract precious materials, quarries are open pits.
History[edit | edit source]
5th century BCE[edit | edit source]
During the Peloponnesian War, numerous quarries were active throughout the Greek world, the main material hewed being marble.[1]
1st century BCE[edit | edit source]
During the Ptolemaic reign in Egypt, Nitria was the best known quarry for the harvesting of natron, an important ingredient in mummification.[2]