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Bir Umm Fawakhir Survey Project 1993: A Byzantine Gold-Mining Town in Egypt

By Carol Meyer, Lisa A. Heidorn, Rocky Volcano, Terry G. Wilfong
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The Oriental Institute continued its survey of Bir Umm Fawakhir, a site lying half way between the Nile and the Red Sea, with a short season in January 1993. Located close to the famous bekhen-stone quarries and graffiti of the Wadi Hammamat, the 1992 project took the form of a geological study of the area of Bir Umm Fawakhir. The presence of these mineral resources in this otherwise barren hyper-arid desert, explains why the Bir Umm Fawakhir town was established in this area. By far the most va…

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