Historic Archaeological Breakthrough: Egypt's 3,000-Year-Old 'Lost Golden City' Unearthed
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3,000-Year-Old 'City of Gold' Discovered in Egypt's Sukari Mountains
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News18•21-02-2026, 08:37
3,000-Year-Old 'City of Gold' Discovered in Egypt's Sukari Mountains
•Archaeologists unearthed a 3,000-year-old advanced gold processing complex in Egypt's Eastern Desert, dubbed the 'City of Gold'.
•The discovery in the Sukari mountains reveals extensive evidence of human presence, work, worship, and trade, buried under sand for millennia.
•The site was a bustling gold mine, part of a long-term project by Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, 'Reviving the Old City of Gold'.
•It featured crushing and grinding facilities, filtration basins, sedimentation tanks, and clay furnaces for melting and refining gold.
•Architectural remains from Pharaonic, Roman, and Islamic periods indicate a highly planned operation, with a habitable area found near the mining complex.
