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Partially excavated gold mine forts in Egypt · Mysteria

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Fortress

Ghozza — Eastern Desert Gold Mine and Fort

Ptolemaic to Roman (300 BCE–200 CE) · Ptolemaic Egyptian gold mining

Ghozza — Eastern Desert Gold Mine and Fort in Red Sea Governorate, Egypt is a Ptolemaic to Roman (300 BCE–200 CE) fortress attributed to Ptolemaic Egyptian gold mining.