The gold extracted from these mines helped finance the ambitions of Egypt’s rulers, but it came at a significant human cost.” ...

Seen from above, Sukari gold mine in southeastern Egypt looks ... Excavations also uncovered a wealth of artifacts. Photos show a few of the clay and stone statues, mostly in fragments, found at the ...

Gold mining restarted at the site in the early 1900s and continued on and off ever since. Some of the stone artifacts found at the Sukari site. Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and ...