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Gold and Gold Mining in Ancient Egypt and Nubia - Geoarchaeology of the Ancient Gold Mining Sites in the Egyptian and Sudanese Eastern Deserts (Hardcover, 2012)
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Gold and Gold Mining in Ancient Egypt and Nubia - Geoarchaeology of the Ancient Gold Mining Sites in the Egyptian and Sudanese Eastern Deserts (Hardcover, 2012)
Series: Natural Science in Archaeology
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The book presents the historical evolution of gold mining
activities in the Egyptian and Nubian Desert (Sudan) from about
4000 BC until the Early Islamic Period (~800–1350 AD), subdivided
into the main classical epochs including the Early Dynastic – Old
and Middle Kingdoms – New Kingdom (including Kushitic) –
Ptolemaic – Roman and Early Islamic. It is illustrated with many
informative colour images, maps and drawings. An up to date
comprehensive geological introduction gives a general overview on
the gold production zones in the Eastern Desert of Egypt and
northern (Nubian) Sudan, including the various formation processes
of the gold bearing quartz veins mined in these ancient periods.
The more than 250 gold production sites presented, are described
both, from their archaeological (as far as surface inventory is
concerned) and geological environmental conditions, resulting in an
evolution scheme of prospection and mining methods within the main
periods of mining activities. The book offers for the first time a
complete catalogue of the many gold production sites in Egypt and
Nubia under geological and archaeological aspects. It provides
information about the importance of gold for the Pharaohs and the
spectacular gold rush in Early Arab times. Â Â Â
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