The Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) recently announced the discovery of a 3,000-year-old gold processing complex at Jabal Sukari, near the Red Sea. Archaeologists have been excavating the site for two years and have uncovered grinding and crushing stations, filtration and sedimentation basins, and ancient clay furnaces used for gold smelting. Nearby, the excavation team also discovered the remains of the town where the gold miners lived, including domestic dwellings, administrative buildings, temples, and baths. Additional finds include hundreds of ostraca (inscribed pottery shards), five Ptolemaic offering tables, and figurines from the Greco-Roman era. Scholars from the SCA believe these discoveries will shed new light on mining techniques the ancient Egyptians used to extract gold from rock.
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- https://www.facebook.com/tourismandantiq/posts/pfbid0kfZL9V1TB88G28CKEA3DVB5B5skBc8jiL46ahC6SPyk117wR6qszhqbgcYxr9SAZl
- https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/02/archaeologists-reveal-a-3000-year-old-gold-processing-complex/154621
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