Emeralds, Legions, and Nomads: Latest Results of the Sikait Project

The Sikait Project is an archaeological project centered in the analysis of the extraction and trade of emeralds in Antiquity. Since 2018 it has conducted five archaeological seasons in the Wadi el-Gemal National Park (Eastern Desert of Egypt), a region known in ancient times as the “Smaragdos”, for...

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Autores principales: Oller Guzmán, Joan, García-Dils de la Vega, Sergio
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Publicado: Instituto de Historia Antigua Oriental, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA 2023
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spelling I28-R145-13738_oai2025-11-17 Oller Guzmán, Joan García-Dils de la Vega, Sergio 2023-12-01 The Sikait Project is an archaeological project centered in the analysis of the extraction and trade of emeralds in Antiquity. Since 2018 it has conducted five archaeological seasons in the Wadi el-Gemal National Park (Eastern Desert of Egypt), a region known in ancient times as the “Smaragdos”, for being the only area within the Roman Empire where emeralds could be found. The current paper introduces the results of the project during the 2020 to 2023 seasons, focusing on the archaeological excavations in Sikait and the documentation of the emerald mines. El Sikait Project es un proyecto arqueológico centrado en el análisis de la extracción y comercialización de las esmeraldas en la Antigüedad. Desde el año 2018 ha llevado a cabo cinco campañas de intervenciones arqueológicas en el parque nacional de Wadi el-Gemal (desierto Arábigo de Egipto), una región conocida en época antigua como “Smaragdos”, por ser la única zona dentro del Imperio Romano de donde se podía obtener esta piedra preciosa. El presente artículo presenta los resultados del proyecto durante las campañas de 2020 a 2023, focalizando en los sondeos arqueológicos en Sikait y la documentación de las minas de esmeraldas. application/pdf text/html https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/rihao/article/view/13738 10.34096/rihao.n24.13738 spa Instituto de Historia Antigua Oriental, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/rihao/article/view/13738/12200 https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/rihao/article/view/13738/12281 Revista del Instituto de Historia Antigua Oriental 'Dr. Abraham Rosenvasser'; Núm. 24 (2023) 2683-9660 0325-1209 Wadi Sikait Smaragdos emeralds Roman Egypt Wadi Sikait Smaragdos esmeraldas Egipto romano Emeralds, Legions, and Nomads: Latest Results of the Sikait Project De esmeraldas, legiones y nómadas: últimos resultados del Sikait Project info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=rihao&d=13738_oai
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Emeralds, Legions, and Nomads: Latest Results of the Sikait Project
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description The Sikait Project is an archaeological project centered in the analysis of the extraction and trade of emeralds in Antiquity. Since 2018 it has conducted five archaeological seasons in the Wadi el-Gemal National Park (Eastern Desert of Egypt), a region known in ancient times as the “Smaragdos”, for being the only area within the Roman Empire where emeralds could be found. The current paper introduces the results of the project during the 2020 to 2023 seasons, focusing on the archaeological excavations in Sikait and the documentation of the emerald mines.
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title Emeralds, Legions, and Nomads: Latest Results of the Sikait Project
title_short Emeralds, Legions, and Nomads: Latest Results of the Sikait Project
title_full Emeralds, Legions, and Nomads: Latest Results of the Sikait Project
title_fullStr Emeralds, Legions, and Nomads: Latest Results of the Sikait Project
title_full_unstemmed Emeralds, Legions, and Nomads: Latest Results of the Sikait Project
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publisher Instituto de Historia Antigua Oriental, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA
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