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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]