Egyptian officials recently announced the discovery ... The site was located near Sukari Gold Mine, which opened in 2009, and officials noted that the unearthed artifacts were relocated to a ...

Two sets of iron shackles were found at the site of an ancient gold mine in Egypt, highlighting the human cost of gold mining in the Ptolemaic era. The shackles were discovered at Ghozza ...

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 ...

While excavating the ruins of an ancient gold mining village in Egypt, archaeologists uncovered some eerie artifacts: two sets of shackles intended for humans. The finds offer a rarely seen ...

During this period, which spanned from 332 to 30 BCE, gold mining in Egypt intensified. Gold was needed to fund public works projects and finance military campaigns across the Mediterranean.

Screengrab from @momenelshenawy's YouTube video Seen from above, Sukari gold mine in southeastern Egypt looks like a massive chasm with terraced sides. A rock formation looms next to the pit ...

Advertisements like this can be found everywhere in a place that has, since antiquity, sat at the heart of southern Egypt’s commercial and cultural life. The presence of gold and gold mining ...

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 ...