Archaeo-mineralogical Characterization of ancient copper and Turquoise mining in south Sinai, Egypt

Egyptians probably drew their first supplies of copper as native metal and step by step from the abundant malachite stones found in south Sinai region and in the hills near Red Sea in the eastern desert. There was integrated between the mines of copper and the mines of turquoise in the literature st...

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Main Author: Mohamed M. Megahed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: mediaGEO soc. coop. 2019-03-01
Series:Archeomatica
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Online Access:https://www.mediageo.it/ojs/index.php/archeomatica/article/view/1617