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These 2,200-Year-Old Shackles Reveal The Dark Side of Egypt’s Ancient Gold Mines
At the edge of Egypt’s vast Eastern Desert, archaeologists have unearthed haunting evidence of an ancient dark history — ...
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Archaeologists uncover treasures from 3,000-year-old gold mine in Egypt that 'reveals historical secrets'
Egyptian officials recently announced the discovery of a 3,000-year-old mining complex ... and said that it expanded "understanding of the techniques used by ancient Egyptians to extract gold ...
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2,200-year-old shackles found at gold mining village in Egypt. ‘The harsh reality’
Archaeologists excavating the 2,200-year-old ruins of a gold mining village in Ghozza found two sets of metal shackles, a study said. Photo from B. Redon via Redon (2025) and Antiquity ...
Archaeologists uncover treasures from 3,000-year-old gold mine in Egypt that 'reveals historical secrets'
Archaeologists recently unearthed an impressive mining complex dating back 3,000 years, which had been used to extract gold and pulverize and filter quartz.
2,200-year-old shackles found at gold mining village in Egypt. ‘The harsh reality’
The gold extracted from these mines helped finance the ambitions of Egypt’s rulers, but it came at a significant human cost.” ...