Overview
The present work is an attempt to give a comprehensive overview of turquoise and its role in Ancient Egypt. Turquoise was mined mainly in Sinai, at Maghara and at Serabit el Khadim, where the stone occurs in the sandstone rock. Ancient Egyptian mineralogical studies have neglected turquoise, focussing instead on the study of other minerals and metals such as gold, silver, and copper.
- | Author: Ahmed Mohamed Ali Mansour
- | Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
- | Publication Date: Feb 15, 2014
- | Number of Pages: 115 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 1407312340
- | ISBN-13: 9781407312347
