Gold and Gold Mining in Ancient Egypt and Nubia

Geoarchaeology of the Ancient Gold Mining Sites in the Egyptian and Sudanese Eastern Deserts
2013
ISBN: 978-3-662-52067-3
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 649 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 13927 g

Reihe: Natural Science in Archaeology

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 Kushitic) – Ptolemaic – Roman and Early Islamic. It is illustrated with many informative colour images, maps and drawings. An up to date comprehensive geological introduction gives a general overview on the gold production zones in the Eastern Desert of Egypt and northern (Nubian) Sudan, including the various formation processes of the gold bearing quartz veins mined in these ancient periods. The more than 250 gold production sites presented, are described both, from their archaeological (as far as surface inventory is concerned) and geological environmental conditions, resulting in an evolution scheme of prospection and mining methods within the main periods of mining activities. The book offers for the first time a complete catalogue of the many gold production sites in Egypt and Nubia under geological and archaeological aspects. It provides information about the importance of gold for the Pharaohs and the spectacular gold rush in Early Arab times.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Klemm, Dietrich

Klemm, Rosemarie

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Trockengebiete und Wüsten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Archäologie spezieller Regionen und Zeitalter
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläontologie, Taphonomie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Historische Geographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.