Gold mining zone emerges on Red Sea coast

(NLDO) - A "timeless world" has been found in the southwest of Marsa Alam city, Red Sea province - Egypt.

On the fertile strip of land between the Red Sea and the Nile River, the ancient Egyptians built an entire complex of gold mining and processing on an industrial scale 3,000 years ago.

This shocking discovery was just announced by Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA).

Ruins of an ancient gold mining and processing area in the Red Sea province - Egypt - Photo: SCA

Archaeologists spent two years excavating the complex, located at the site of a modern gold mine southwest of Marsa Alam in Egypt's Red Sea province.

The complex includes crushing and threshing stations, filtration and settling tanks, and ancient clay furnaces used to smelt gold extracted from quartz veins, SCA Secretary General Mohamed Ismail Khaled said, according to Heritage Daily .

Excavations also uncovered an associated residential area that once housed gold miners and workers in the complex, as well as workshops, temples, administrative buildings and ancient baths.

They also found hundreds of pieces of pottery engraved with Egyptian hieroglyphs, many other ancient characters, coins...

In addition, archaeologists have unearthed terracotta figurines depicting human and animal forms from the period when the Greco-Romans controlled Egypt, as well as statues of several gods.

Architectural remains from Roman and Islamic periods suggest that this ancient industrial site was in operation for at least 1,000 years, highlighting the significance of gold mining and processing throughout Egypt's ages.

And they add to the endless list of archaeological evidence of a civilization ahead of its time in ancient Egypt.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/khu-cong-nghiep-vang-lo-ra-ben-bo-bien-do-196250302092711602.htm