Egyptian officials recently announced the discovery of a 3,000-year-old mining complex, complete with remnants of ancient homes, workers and even baths.
The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities reported that the excavations took place in Jabal Sukari, located in the south -West of the city of Marsa Alam in the Red Sea governor, according to a Facebook post published on 25 February.
The statement explained that among the discoveries were the remains of a mining camp dating back to three millennia. It included “remnants of a complete factory for extracting gold from quartz veins”, a translated version of the read statement.
The camp was sophisticated, and there is evidence of “printing, grinding and pulverizing quartz stone, passing through filtration and sedimentation at the melting phase in the clay furnaces and the extraction of gold”.
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Archaeologists recently found mining sites, miners’ houses, places of worship and more in recent excavation. (Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities)
It is interesting that the living neighborhoods of the miners were also discovered, along with “workshops, mining areas, places of worship, administrative buildings, ptolemaic baths and architectural elements from Roman and Islamic ages,” explained the press release.
Archaeologists also found 628 Ostraca, which were broken pieces of pottery and stone used to write and draw. Ostraca was written in hieroglyphic scripts, along with Egyptian and Greek demotic.
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Excavators also discovered some bronze coins of the Ptolemaic era, plus “a large collection of terracotta statues depicting human and animal forms from the Greco-Roman period, and small stone statues, some incomplete, betting and harpocrates, as well as five tables offering from the Ptolemaic era.”
“Moreover, a variety of pottery vessels of various sizes, shapes and uses were found, including those for everyday life, perfumes, medicines and incense, as well as a collection of beads made of precious stones and decorative tools made of created shells,” the Facebook post added.
The ancient mining complex was found within the proximity of the Golden Mine Sukari, a modern mining place. (Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities)
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The area was located near the Sukari Golden Mine, which opened in 2009, and officials noticed that the discovered objects were moved to a “safe zone” away from modern mine activities.
In a statement, the Secretary -General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities noted the importance of the project and said that he expanded “understanding the techniques used by the ancient Egyptians to extract gold from the rocks, and (helped historians gain) a better understanding of social, religious and economic life in the industrial cities of the desert.”
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Archaeologists found a variety of ancient stone and clay statues. (Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities)
Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Sherif Fathy “expressed his happiness” about the discoveries, to which he said “reveal the historical secrets of this area”.
“(Fathy) emphasized that this project is part of the Ministry’s commitment to maintain Egypt’s cultural heritage while approximating the Egyptian state plan for development and economic projects,” the statement added.
Recent findings are among the many discoveries made in Egypt so far in 2025. Archaeologists encountered King Thutmose’s long -lost tomb last month, marking the first discovery of the royal tomb since 1922.
Egyptian officials say the discovered structures “reveal the historical secrets of the area”. (Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities)
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In January, archaeologists discovered the tomb of Eighth Neb Fu, an ancient physician treating Egyptian pharaohs.
