Wadi Saqqia — Onomastics Quarry and Gold Mine
Pharaonic–Roman gold (3000 BCE–300 CE)·Pharaonic then Ptolemaic gold·🇪🇬 Eastern Desert, Egypt
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About Wadi Saqqia — Onomastics Quarry and Gold Mine
Wadi Saqqia — Onomastics Quarry and Gold Mine in Eastern Desert, Egypt is a Pharaonic–Roman gold (3000 BCE–300 CE) hydraulic attributed to Pharaonic then Ptolemaic gold. Gold mining wadi with Roman town and Byzantine church at Bir Umm Fawakhir granite quarry. Meyer Umm Fawakhir gold mining town Byzantine 500 houses with granite quarry and church.
Why it mattersKey Pharaonic then Ptolemaic gold reference for transition
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Trade route evidence
- 02Neolithic origins
Theories
- 01Earliest farming model
- 02Desert port logistics
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 3000 BCE
- Period
- Pharaonic–Roman gold (3000 BCE–300 CE)
- Culture
- Pharaonic then Ptolemaic gold
- Purpose
- Gold mining wadi with Roman town and Byzantine church at Bir Umm Fawakhir granite quarry
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 3000 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1950 CE
Modern excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
26.0300° N · 33.6000° E · 350 m · 3 mapped features
Wadi Saqqia — Onomastics Quarry and Gold Mine — Fort Wall Section
wallWall circuit
26.0301° N · 33.6001° EWadi Saqqia — Onomastics Quarry and Gold Mine — Inner Structure
chamberInner chamber
26.0298° N · 33.6001° EWadi Saqqia — Onomastics Quarry and Gold Mine — Quarry Edge
quarryQuarry
26.0304° N · 33.5998° E