Gebel el-Zeit III

In the 2nd millennium BC, pharaonic expeditions crossed the Egyptian eastern desert to extract galena from Gebel el-Zeit on the shores of the Red Sea. Adjacent to the mines, a sanctuary of Hathor "mistress of galena" consisted of a dry-stone enclosure set against the rock wall. It contained a wealth of material deposited as ex-voto offerings, dating from the 12th Dynasty to the reign of Ramses II,...