Iron shackles found at Ghozza suggest at least some gold miners during Egypt’s Ptolemaic period were slaves

Iron shackles found at Ghozza suggest at least some gold miners during Egypt’s Ptolemaic period were slaves

A historian with Laboratoire HiSoMA, Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée Jean Pouilloux, in France, has theorized that iron shackles found at a dig site in Ghozza, Egypt, suggest that at least some of the workers at a gold mine during Egypt’s Ptolemaic period were slaves. A historian with Laboratoire HiSoMA, Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée Jean Pouilloux, in France, has theorized that iron shackles found at a dig site in Ghozza, Egypt, suggest that at least some of the workers at a gold mine during Egypt’s Ptolemaic period were slaves. Archaeology Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories

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