Fig. 6
From: Geoenvironmental investigation of Sahure’s pyramid, Abusir archeological site, Giza, Egypt
a Image from Google Earth map showing the representative sampling areas for the construction material of the pyramid near Abusir village. The red circle refers to the local quarry from which the core blocks of the pyramid were extracted, and in the blue circle, the place where some fragments were collected from fallen and highly weathered fragments/samples. These fragments represent the fossiliferous limestone as casing stone and sandy limestone as core building material (b) and the mortar fragment (c)