The Emerald Mines of Wadi Sikait (Egypt) from a Diachronic Perspective. Results of the 2020 and 2021 Seasons of the Sikait Project

Authors

  • Sergio García-Dils de la Vega Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia / Centro Asociado de Sevilla / Spain
  • Joan Oller Guzmán Departament de Ciències de l’Antiguitat i l’Edat Mitjana / Facultat de Filosofia i Lletres / Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  • David Fernández Abella Programa de Doutoramento en Historia, Xeografía e Historia da Arte / Facultad de Xeografía e Historia / Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
  • Vanesa Trevín Pita Departamento de Edafoloxía e Química Agrícola / Universidad de Santiago de Compostela

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25145/j.TdE.2021.12.02

Abstract

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 the 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. The total area so far of the delimited mining zones is about 100,000 m².

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Published

2023-03-09

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No. 12 (2021)

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How to Cite

García-Dils de la Vega, Sergio, Joan Oller Guzmán, David Fernández Abella, and Vanesa Trevín Pita. 2023. “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 (March): 19-48. https://doi.org/10.25145/j.TdE.2021.12.02.