The artifacts reveal the harsh working conditions in ancient Egyptian gold mines under the rule of the Ptolemaic dynasty.

After Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BC, a gold rush swept the kingdom, during which nearly 40 mines were ...

Sawiris is an Egyptian billionaire businessman and the eldest son of the prominent Sawiris family. He played a pivotal role ...

At the edge of Egypt’s vast Eastern Desert, archaeologists have unearthed haunting evidence of an ancient dark history — ...

The similarities between the shackles found in Ghozza and those from Laurion suggest that Greek and Macedonian engineers may have imported their mining labor practices to Egypt during the reign of ...

During excavations at the Ghozza site, a team of French researchers uncovered iron shackles used to chain the workers of the gold mines, confirming the existence of forced labor in these operations ...

Egypt - Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Karim Badawi met with a delegation from the global gold mining company AngloGold Ashanti to discuss investments in the Sukari gold mine, as per a ...

French researchers have unearthed disturbing artifacts in Egypt's Eastern Desert: iron shackles that were once used to chain ...

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Photo from B. Redon via Redon (2025) and Antiquity Publications Ltd While excavating the ruins of an ancient gold mining village in Egypt, archaeologists uncovered some eerie artifacts ...

Photo from B. Redon via Redon (2025) and Antiquity Publications Ltd While excavating the ruins of an ancient gold mining village in Egypt, archaeologists uncovered some eerie artifacts: two sets of ...