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Egyptian Empire Was Built Around Cruelty, Skeletons With Iron Shackles Found in 2,300-Yr-Old Gold Mine Reveal Grim Reality
Gold was extracted from Egyptian mines through forced labor to finance the wars and expansion of the ancient kingdom.
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What’s Hiding Inside This 2,200-Year-Old Pyramidal Structure in the Judean Desert?
Archaeologists have uncovered a large multi-story building alongside a way station for those traveling between the Dead Sea ...
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This Ancient Pyramid Found in the Judean Desert May Have Been a Ptolemaic Tax Collector’s Station
The official structure, stuffed with significant coins and Greek papyri, was likely later transformed into someone’s grave ...
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2,200-Year-Old Greek Pyramid-Shaped Structure Discovered Near Dead Sea
Archaeologists have found a 2,200-year-old Greek pyramid-shaped structure near the Dead Sea, believed to be a former desert ...
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Cleopatra’s Ancient Pools: The Thermal Springs Built for the Queen
Over 2,000 years later and Cleopatra's Pools at the site of ancient Hierapolis is still popular with visitors who wish to ...
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Shackled with Iron Chains: Archaeologists Reveal the Harsh Reality of Gold Mines in Ptolemaic Egypt
A recent archaeological discovery in Egypt’s Eastern Desert has revealed the harsh reality faced by miners during the Ptolemaic period. During excavations at the Ghozza site, a team of French ...
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Archaeological Context
From this archive we learn about Zenon’s life as a Greek born in Caria (the south coast of modern Turkey) who traveled throughout the Ptolemaic empire in the course of his work, the construction and ...