Gold in Egypt ": Nubia and the Eastern Desert are lands full of yellow metal

Is there gold in Egypt? Have you used the queens in Ancient Egypt? The mines went for decorations and ornaments, have our mines become empty? "These are all questions that Dr Nagy Shawki Boutros is trying to answer through his book" Gold in Egypt: Did Gold Go with the Pharaohs? " General of the Book, through the pharaohs' quest for gold.

In his attempt to answer these questions, the writer explains that from the fact of the inscriptions in the treasure room of the tomb of King Ramses III, the first source of the Egyptian pharaoh, perhaps the most important of all was the "Kush," the southern part of the Nuba country south of Aswan,, In which he explained that the word "Nob" means gold, and the author recounted some historical facts in which he tries to confirm his view on the ambitions of the ancient Egyptians in Nubia, and that area has always been an important source of gold, and all historical evidence confirms gold mines there.

The author added that there are other mines that have proved recent studies of their presence in the Eastern Desert, are the veins of the quartz "quartz" bearing gold, that these veins are in the cracks of rocks, and that most of the Pharaohs extracted from this dish were only superficial parts, Is still in the eastern desert, through the lower levels of mines in the desert, explaining that the country has in its stomach of gold enough to exploit and investment, which requires the need for support for the whole, especially gold extraction projects, in order to support the economy and create jobs.

The author concluded his book with a verse by the late great poet Hafez Ibrahim: "Do not cry of poverty as we walk on a land of gold."

Gold in Egypt