Gold and Gold Mining in Ancient Egypt and Nubia Geoarchaeology of the Ancient Gold Mining Sites in the Egyptian and Sudanese Eastern Deserts /

The book presents the historical evolution of gold mining activities in the Egyptian and Nubian Desert (Sudan) from about 4000 BC until the Early Islamic Period (~800–1350 AD), subdivided into the main classical epochs including the Early Dynastic – Old and Middle Kingdoms – New Kingdom (including K...

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Main Authors: Klemm, Rosemarie. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Klemm, Dietrich. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Series:Natural Science in Archaeology,
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22508-6
Table of Contents:
  • Archaeological Chronology fo Gold Mining in Ancient Egypt and Nubian Sudan
  • Value of Gold in Ancient Egypt
  • Analyses of Gold and Observations on Ancient Egyptian Goldsmithing
  • Summary on the Sequential and Spatial Distribution of Ancient Gold Producing Sites in the Egyptian and Nubian Eastern Deserts.