In a study published March 13 in the journal Antiquity, Redon detailed the rare discovery of shackles at Ghozza, the ...

A historian with Laboratoire HiSoMA, Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée Jean Pouilloux, in France, has theorized that ...

In 2023, a team of archaeologists from the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology, led by historian Bérangère Redon, found ...

The gold extracted from these mines helped finance the ambitions of Egypt’s rulers, but it came at a significant human cost.” ...

This country has fourth largest gold reserves in the world, but does not have a single gold mine, not US, UK, Saudi Arabia, ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a chilling discovery at an ancient Egyptian gold mine—two sets of iron shackles dating back ...

The northernmost gold mine from this period was located at Ghozza and operated during the second half of the third century ...

Today, gold mining companies focus on environmental, social and governance aspects. This used to be different.

Archaeologists recently unearthed an impressive mining complex dating back 3,000 years, which had been used to extract gold and pulverize and filter quartz.

Interestingly, its legendary king is often regarded as the wealthiest person in history, with an estimated fortune of around ...

During excavations at the Ghozza site, a team of French researchers uncovered iron shackles used to chain the workers of the gold mines, confirming the existence of forced labor in these operations ...

Archaeologists spent the past two years excavating the ruins of a 3,000-year-old mining camp at Sukari Mountain, Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said in a Feb. 25 Facebook post. The ...