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Red Sea Governorate, Qena
Wadi Hammamat stone quarries
Mineral locality Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Gold
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: greywacke, siltstone.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Pharaonic bekhen-stone and gold country on the ancient Coptos-Quseir road
One of Egypt's most documented ancient quarry landscapes.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
remote desert, checkpoints
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.