L’or des Ptolémées : l’exploitation de l’or dans le désert Oriental

Faucher, Thomas

doi:10.4000/books.cdf.5143

Le Désert Oriental d'Égypte Durant La Période Gréco-Romaine : Bilans Archéologiques 2018

DOI: 10.4000/books.cdf.5143

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L’or des Ptolémées : l’exploitation de l’or dans le désert Oriental

Thomas Faucher¹

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Gold mining in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, from the New Kingom to medieval times: new insight from the Samut district

Redon

Marchand

Faucher

2020

Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean

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Gold was plentiful in Egypt and had been used by the Pharaohs from earliest times as a means of asserting their power. But the history and archaeology of the mining and production of the Egyptian gold is a lot less known than the splendour of the country’s kings. Between 2013 and 2016, the French Eastern desert mission aimed to fill in these gaps in our knowledge through the excavation of the gold mining district of Samut, located between Edfu and Marsa Alam. It hosts one of the largest Ptolemaic mineral processing site of the region, Samut north. The excellent preservation of the remains made possible, for the first time, a comparison between archaeological remains and the well-known treatise of Agatharchides of Cnidus exposing the awful conditions of living in the gold mines of the Ptolemies. Besides, three other sites were explored: the impressive village of Samut el-Beda, dated to the New Kingdom, and two small villages of medieval times. In all the sites structures and artifacts related to the gold processing were unearthed, that held crucial data on the technological and organizational evolution of the gold exploitation over more than two millennia in the Eastern desert.

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Gold mining in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, from the New Kingom to medieval times: new insight from the Samut district

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Marchand

Faucher

2020

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Les ruées vers l’or au Sahara et au nord du Sahel. Ferment de crise ou stabilisateur ?

Chevrillon-Guibert

Gagnol²,

Magrin

2019

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L’espace saharo-sahélien connaît aujourd’hui une intense dynamique extractive liée à la découverte de l’or dans ces marges désertiques particulièrement instables. Cet article a pour objectif de décrire la diffusion de ce vaste front pionnier aurifère en mettant en lumière ses modalités et les causes de son ampleur. Il vise aussi à expliquer les conséquences ambivalentes du développement de l’orpaillage, notamment en terme de stabilisation ou d’accroissement des conflits dans la région, en proposant un éclairage sur les différents acteurs en prise pour le contrôle de cette nouvelle manne.

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L’or des Ptolémées : l’exploitation de l’or dans le désert Oriental

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Gold mining in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, from the New Kingom to medieval times: new insight from the Samut district

Gold mining in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, from the New Kingom to medieval times: new insight from the Samut district

Les ruées vers l’or au Sahara et au nord du Sahel. Ferment de crise ou stabilisateur ?

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