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Roman Empire’s Emerald Mines In The Egyptian Eastern Desert – New Evidence

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists led by the UAB complete the first topography of the interior of the only existing Roman emerald mines, located in Egypt. Their work concentrated on the area that in Antiquitywas known as “Mons Smaragdus”, and it was the only place within the Roman Empire where emeralds could be found. Emerald […]