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- Covers the historical evolution of gold mining activities in the Egyptian and Nubian Desert (Sudan)
- Provides a state-of-the-art comprehensive geological introduction With numerous drawings and colour photographs
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Natural Science in Archaeology (ARCHAEOLOGY)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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.
Reviews
From the book reviews:
“This book is certainly one of the best records of early mining for any part of the world. We should be most grateful to the authors for compiling so systematic a record of these remains. Archaeologists should waste no time in investigating these settlements before they fall prey to further mining.” (David Killick, Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, Vol. 48 (4), 2013)Authors and Affiliations
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, Institute of Egyptology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
Rosemarie Klemm
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, Dept. of Earth- and, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
Dietrich Klemm
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Gold and Gold Mining in Ancient Egypt and Nubia
Book Subtitle: Geoarchaeology of the Ancient Gold Mining Sites in the Egyptian and Sudanese Eastern Deserts
Authors: Rosemarie Klemm, Dietrich Klemm
Series Title: Natural Science in Archaeology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22508-6
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-22507-9Published: 02 January 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-52067-3Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-22508-6Published: 13 December 2012
Series ISSN: 1613-9712
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 649
Topics: Archaeology, Economic Geology, Geoecology/Natural Processes