'Lost city of gold' discovered in Egypt after 3,000 years in archaeology breakthrough
‘Lost city of gold’ discovered in Egypt after 3,000 years in archaeology breakthrough
The site, a once-flourishing gold-mining settlement, was unearthed beneath Luxor’s Valley of the Kings.
Updated: Mar 01, 2025 10:07 AM EST
Georgina Jedikovska
2 hours ago
The 'city of gold' mining complex in Ancient Egypt.
Egypt/Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
Archaeologists in Egypt have fully uncovered the ‘Lost City of Gold,’ a 3,000-year-old gold mining hub resurrected from the desert after four years of meticulous excavation.
Found beneath Luxor’s Valley of the Kings at Jabal Sukari, southwest of Marsa Alam in the Red Sea Governorate, the once-thriving gold-mining city called Aten was unearthed in 2020. It has been recognized as one of the most significant archaeological finds since the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb more than a century ago.
Experts were amazed by the exceptional preservation of the settlement’s structures, including homes, workshops, administrative buildings, temples, and bathhouses, following the excavation completion this week.
The ‘Lost City of Gold’ mining complex was rediscovered in 2020.
Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
The team also uncovered remnants of a mining camp, featuring a fully equipped gold extraction facility. The site included crushing and grinding stations, filtration basins, and sedimentation pools that fed into smelting furnaces used for refining gold from quartz veins.
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A Glimpse into the Ancient Egyptian Mining Camp in the Sukari Mountains