Team studies pharaonic gold mining techniques

The Egyptian Secretary General of the SCA, Dr Gaballah has said that the aim of the study was to find the way the ancient Egyptians extracted gold, and the lifestyle of the people in the vicinity of their working sites.

Gaballah explained that the eastern desert included about twenty gold mines beside which were found plants and stone mills used for grinding rocks bearing raw gold.

He further noted that restoration works are anderway to preserve these monuments as well as the water wells whose walls bear inscriptions of animals and pictures illustrating the way water was raised from wells.