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The emerald mines of Wadi Sikait (Egypt) from a diachronic perspective. Results of the 2020 and 2021 seasons of the Sikait Project
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García-Dils De la Vega, S., Guzmán, J.O., Fernández Abella, D. and Trevín Pita, V. (2021) The emerald mines of Wadi Sikait (Egypt) from a diachronic perspective. Results of the 2020 and 2021 seasons of the Sikait Project. Trabajos de Egiptología: Papers on Ancient Egypt, No. 12,
ISBN/ISSN: 16954750 | Sinkankas/Born No.: NIS/NIB | RWHL*
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gems, archaeology, archaeogemology, beryl, emerald, Egypt, Sikait Project
This article outlines the preliminary results of the fieldwork carried out by the Sikait Project in the 2020 and 2021 seasons in the Smaragdos area (Egyptian Eastern Desert). Our work is focused on the study of beryl/emerald mining in the Roman and Late Antique periods from a diachronic perspective. By the end of the 2021 season, some 150 mines had been identified, with the total area of the delimited mining zones so far measuring about 100,000 m².