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14 septembre 2018
- doi: 10.4000/books.cdf.5438
- eisbn: 9782722604889
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archéologie égyptienne archéologie fouilles Désert oriental Égypte antique archaeology eastern desert Egypt excavations archeologia deserto orientale Egitto scavo Archäologie History & Archaeology Archaeology HIS002000 HIS039000 HBLA HBLA1Sujets proches
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Jean-Pierre Brun et al., « Introduction », Collège de France, ID : 10.4000/books.cdf.5438
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The Eastern Desert of Egypt extends over a vast area of mountains and sandy plains between the Nile and the Red Sea. Its natural riches –gold, gems and high quality stones (such as granite from Mons Claudianus, Tiberianè or Ophiatès, porphyry from Porphyritès, basanites [greywacke] from the Wâdi al-Hammâmât, etc.)– have, despite the difficulties due to harsh climatic conditions, been exploited since the Predynastic period. The Pharaohs, the Ptolemies and the Roman emperors often sent expediti...