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 *** provided water and silt for agriculture
 *** natural plants, especially papyrus (used for paper, baskets, boats) and flax (used for textiles and ropes)
-** salts, used for embalming, and gypsum, used for plaster
+** desert, salt beds, and nearby mountains providing:
-** copper, gold
+*** salts, copper, gold (especially from Nubia to the south), limestone, sandstone
-*** used for
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 ** sandstone
 ** limestone: abundant from mountains along Nile; soft stone can be cut with bronze tools
-*** good article on Limestone that can be used with students: [http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/material.htm Building Materials of the Pyramids Builders]
+*** good article on Limestone that can be used with students: [http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/material.htm Building Materials of the Pyramids Builders (touregypt.net)]
-*** for literary connection see the poem, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Praise_of_Limestone "In Praise of Limestone" by W. H. Auden, 1948]) Very complicated and difficult, but it's an interesting reference, as Auden discussed limestone as being
+*** for literary connection see the poem, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Praise_of_Limestone "In Praise of Limestone" by W. H. Auden, 1948 (wiki)])
+**** complicated but interesting reference, as Auden discussed limestone as "that rock creates the only human landscape"
 ** abundant minerals in mountains, especially to southeast of Egypt, including copper, gold, lead
 ** Sinai provided copper, lead, turquoise