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The book presents the historical evolution of gold mining activities in the Egyptian and Nubian Desert (Sudan) from about 4000 BC until the Early Islamic Period (~800–1350 AD), subdivided into the main classical epochs including the Early Dynastic – Old and Middle Kingdoms – New Kingdom (including Kushitic) – Ptolemaic – Roman and Early Islamic. It is illustrated with many informative colour images, maps and drawings. An up to date comprehensive geological introduction gives a general overview on the gold production zones in the Eastern Desert of Egypt and northern (Nubian) Sudan, including the various formation processes of the gold bearing quartz veins mined in these ancient periods. The more than 250 gold production sites presented, are described both, from their archaeological (as far as surface inventory is concerned) and geological environmental conditions, resulting in an evolution scheme of prospection and mining methods within the main periods of mining activities. The book offers for the first time a complete catalogue of the many gold production sites in Egypt and Nubia under geological and archaeological aspects. It provides information about the importance of gold for the Pharaohs and the spectacular gold rush in Early Arab times.

Social sciences (general) --- Rocks. Minerals --- General ecology and biosociology --- Archeology --- economie --- sociale wetenschappen --- ecologie --- geologie --- archeologie --- Gold mines and mining, Prehistoric --- Or --- Mines et extraction préhistoriques --- Egypt --- Nubia --- Egypte --- Nubie --- Antiquities --- Antiquités --- EPUB-LIV-FT LIVHUMAI SPRINGER-B --- Gold mines and mining --- Archaeological geology --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- History --- Mines et extraction --- Archaeology. --- Geology, economic. --- Ecology. --- Economic Geology. --- Geoecology/Natural Processes. --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Economic geology --- Physical geology --- Mines and mineral resources --- Anthropology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Ecology --- Economic geology. --- Geoecology. --- Environmental geology. --- Geoecology --- Environmental protection

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The book presents the historical evolution of gold mining activities in the Egyptian and Nubian Desert (Sudan) from about 4000 BC until the Early Islamic Period (~800–1350 AD), subdivided into the main classical epochs including the Early Dynastic – Old and Middle Kingdoms – New Kingdom (including Kushitic) – Ptolemaic – Roman and Early Islamic. It is illustrated with many informative colour images, maps and drawings. An up to date comprehensive geological introduction gives a general overview on the gold production zones in the Eastern Desert of Egypt and northern (Nubian) Sudan, including the various formation processes of the gold bearing quartz veins mined in these ancient periods. The more than 250 gold production sites presented, are described both, from their archaeological (as far as surface inventory is concerned) and geological environmental conditions, resulting in an evolution scheme of prospection and mining methods within the main periods of mining activities. The book offers for the first time a complete catalogue of the many gold production sites in Egypt and Nubia under geological and archaeological aspects. It provides information about the importance of gold for the Pharaohs and the spectacular gold rush in Early Arab times.

Social sciences (general) --- Rocks. Minerals --- General ecology and biosociology --- Archeology --- economie --- sociale wetenschappen --- ecologie --- geologie --- archeologie --- Antiquity --- Egypt --- Sudan

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During the Egyptian Old Kingdom (2650-2135 BC), the most impressive of all monuments were built in the form of the pyramids and their associated temples. The provision of enormous quantities of stone from suitable quarries was the most important requirement for their construction. This volume comprises short archaeological descriptions of the pyramids and their enclosures and determines the exact origin of the building material (above all limestone) from a total of 26 pyramids through a petrographic and geochemical comparison with samples from other quarries.

Pyramids --- Building stones --- Limestone --- Petrology. --- Geochemistry --- Quarries and quarrying --- Pyramides --- Pierre à bâtir --- Calcaire --- Pétrographie --- Géochimie --- Carrières (Exploitations minières) --- Design and construction --- History --- Analysis --- Conception et construction --- Histoire --- Analyse --- Egypt --- Egypte --- Antiquities. --- Antiquités --- Petrology --- Antiquities --- Pierre à bâtir --- Pétrographie --- Géochimie --- Carrières (Exploitations minières) --- Antiquités --- Lithic source areas --- Quarrying --- Rock quarries --- Lithology --- Petrography --- Chemical composition of the earth --- Chemical geology --- Geological chemistry --- Geology, Chemical --- Dimension stones --- Stone, Building --- Physical geology --- Rocks --- Chemistry --- Earth sciences --- Rock excavation --- Stone industry and trade --- Carbonate rocks --- Calcium carbonate --- Building materials --- Stone --- Pyramids - Egypt --- Pyramids - Egypt - Design and construction --- Building stones - Egypt - History --- Building stones - Egypt - Analysis --- Limestone - Egypt - Analysis --- Quarries and quarrying - Egypt - History --- Egypt - Antiquities --- Egypt - History - To 332 B.C.

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