Egyptian archaeologists reveal treasures from ancient production complex

Egyptian officials Recently announced the opening of a 3000-year-old mining complex, complete with the remains of ancient houses, workshops and even baths.

The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquity of Egypt reports that the excavations were carried out in Jabal Sukar, southeast of the city of Mars Alam in the Red Sea governorship, Facebook, published on February 25, said.

The statement explained that the discoveries were the remains of a mining camp dated by three millennia. It included “Remains of a complete factory for extracting gold veins”, a translated version of the statement read.

The camp was difficult, and there was evidence of “crushing, grinding and crushed quartz stone, passing through filtration and pools on the melting stage in clay furnaces and gold.”

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Recently, archaeologists have found mining, miners’ homes, worship and more in recent excavations. (Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities)

It is interesting that the living quarters of the miners were also discovered, as well as “seminars, mining, place of worship, administrative buildings, Ptolemy baths and architectural elements of Roman and Islamic epochs,” the press report said.

Archaeologists also found 628 islands that were broken by pieces of pottery and stones used to write and drawing. Astrak was written in hieroglyphic scenarios, as well as Egyptian democratic and Greek.

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Excavators also found several bronze coins of the Ptolemy era, as well as “a large collection of terracotta statues, reflecting human and animal forms from the Greek-Roman period, and small stone statues, some incomplete, from Basteth and Garpocrats, as well as five tables from the era.”

“In addition, different pottery of different sizes, shapes and use were found, including for everyday life, perfumes, medicines and censers, as well as collecting balls made of precious stones and decorative instruments made from the shells,” – added on Facebook.

The ancient mining complex was found in the immediate vicinity of the Sukari Gold Mine, a modern mining site. (Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities)

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The site was located near the Sukari Gold mine, which opened in 2009, and officials noted that the revealed artifacts were moved to the “safe zone” from the activity of the modern mine.

In his statement, the Secretary -General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities noted the importance of the project and stated that it expanded “an understanding of the methods used by ancient Egyptians to produce gold from stones and (helped historians get) to better understand the social, religious and economic life of miners in industrial cities in the Eastern desert.”

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Archaeologists have found many ancient stone and clay statues. (Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities)

The Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Sheriff Fati “expressed his happiness” about the discoveries, which, he said, “reveal the historical secrets of the area”.

“(FATHY) emphasized that this project is part of the Ministry of the Ministry of Egypt’s cultural heritage in agreement with the Egyptian plan for development and economic projects,” the statement reads.

The latest findings are among the numerous discoveries that have been made in Egypt so far in 2025. Last month archaeologists encountered a long -lost grave King Tutmoz II, Noting the first opening of the royal grave since 1922.

Egyptian officials say the found structures “reveal the historical secrets of the area”. (Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities)

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In January, archaeologists discovered the tomb of Teti Fu, An ancient doctor who treated the Egyptian Pharaohs.