Ancient Egyptian Inscriptions found at Amethyst Mining Site
Wadi el-Hudi is an ancient Egyptian site where the precious amethyst was once mined and in recent excavations, archaeologists have uncovered multiple settlements, administrative buildings, mines and an amethyst refinement areas, as well as more than 100 ancient inscriptions, 14 stele and 45 inscribed pots.
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Some inscriptions date back to the time of the Middle Kingdom, around 3,900 years ago, whilst later inscriptions, mainly scrawled onto the pottery, are from the Roman era of Egyptian history and even mention Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea who The Bible says presided over the trial of Jesus.
Wadi el-Hudi has been surveyed in the past but little excavation has been undertaken and the experts had missed many of the new discoveries. There are also a lot of unanswered questions around the site and the archaeologists hope that it will soon be revealing its answers.
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