2300-Year-Old Egyptian Gold Mine Reveals Evidence of Slavery: Iron Shackles Illuminate the Dark Side of the Past
Recent archaeological excavations in the Ghozza region of Egypt have uncovered shocking evidence that some workers in a Ptolemaic-era (3rd century BC) gold mine were enslaved. The iron shackles found at the excavation site highlight the prevalence of forced labor in gold mining during that period. Led by historian Jean Pouilloux of the Laboratoire HiSoMA