Show SCIENCE S' S C I ENe E. E NEWS N E Y S BH Quite by accident the discovery has been made of the ancient quarries of Egypt which were lost thousands of years ago and which have been diligently sought in re recent recent re- re cent times An Egyptian official passing through an n part of the western desert desert des des- ert crt about 40 miles from Abou observed two cairns on a ridge As they were somewhat somewhat some some- what different from the usual desert markers he investigated The tablet found on on one of them was sent to the Cairo museum for translation and this led to the discovery of the beautiful stone which had been long looked for lor Great pieces were found partially imbedded in the ground and in addition there were found some of the devices used by br the ancient workmen in uncovering and andre re removing the stone |