Malachite was also worked by the Ancient Egyptians from a very early date in
the hills behind the Red Sea coast.
Ian
le 29/08/00 2:10, Mark Hall à [log in to unmask] a écrit :
> Kargali, kinda NE of Samarra in Siberia, is a huge copper mining complex
> where copper oxides were exploited in antiquity. Literally thousands of
> small
> shafts. E. Chernykh is the excavator of the complex. I think, if memory
> serves me right, he has had a short article in French on it.
>
> Best, Mark Hall
>
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