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    Ptolemaic and Roman Periods, miners worked deposits of emeralds in Wadi Sikait and amethyst in Wadi el-Hudi. The ancient Egyptians engaged in trade with...
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    able to generate some commerce locally: The mines of Gebel Zabara and Wadi Sikait in the adjacent mountains, and the island of Ophiodes (now Zabargad Island)...
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    known beryl mine in the world is located in the mountain valley of Wadi Sikait, Eastern Desert. Its mining started during the Ptolemaic period, although...
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    November 22 – Frédéric Cailliaud discovers the old Roman emerald mines at Sikait, Egypt. December 10 – Mississippi is admitted as the 20th U.S. state, formerly...
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  • November 22 - Frédéric Cailliaud discovers the old Roman emerald mines at Sikait, Egypt. Henry Syer Cuming, antiquarian, collector and secretary of the British...
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    22, 1817 – Frédéric Cailliaud discovers the old Roman emerald mines at Sikait, Egypt. Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1810s. Hamilton-Williams...
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    (about latitude 24°). On this expedition he rediscovered the abandoned Sikait-Zubara emerald mines, which were then reopened. For services to the military...
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