Ghuzza
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: S.E. Sidebotham Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: S.E. Sidebotham Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Jun 30, 2023 06:24 PM
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History
A multi-period complex in Egypt's eastern desert comprising a fort, settlement(s?), and production areas for gold-washing of quartz collected from the wadi alluvium. Most visible structures date to the Ptolemaic and Roman periods, but there is evidence for earlier activity during the New Kingdom period.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/766366
- Early fortified site at Ghuzza located at Ghuzza (unspecified date range)
- Ghuzza Ptolemaic Settlement located at Ghuzza (unspecified date range)
- Ghuzza Roman Fort located at Ghuzza (unspecified date range)
ruin, archaeological site
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 78 C4 Ghuzza
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Ghuzza, fort with settlement and mine
S.E. Sidebotham, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Ghuzza: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/766366> [accessed: 31 January 2025]
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