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Recently, archaeologists unearthed a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mining camp in the Sukari Mountains. Crews found evidence of ancient gold mining, processing, and purification. The archaeological ...

In the second century BCE, Greek historian and geographer Agatharchides wrote about the severe working conditions of the criminals and prisoners of war who toiled in ancient Egyptian gold mines: “And ...

The ancient Egyptians sure loved gold, and it seems they saw human suffering as a small price to pay for the precious metal. New discoveries at a 2,300-year-old gold mine reveal that some workers may ...

In 2023, a team of archaeologists from the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology, led by historian Bérangère Redon, found ...

JABAL SUKARI, EGYPT—La Brújula Verde reports that the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities completed a two-year excavation and preservation project of an ancient mining camp at Jabal Sukari ...

After Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BC, a gold rush swept the kingdom, during which nearly 40 mines were operating. Bérangère Redon at the HiSoMA Laboratory in Lyon, France, reports an ...

More than a dozen ancient gold tongues have been discovered in a cemetery at the site of Oxyrhynchus in Egypt. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

When it was made: Around 1473 B.C. This amulet, shaped like a scarab beetle, was discovered in the tomb of an ancient Egyptian noblewoman named Hatnefer. But the charm, which was intended to assist ...