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Turquoise in the Life of American Indians. The mankind has known turquoise for more than ten thousand years. This is the only “live” mineral which can change its color with weather changes and the condition of its owner. Probably it is... more
INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH: The overall objectives of the University of Toronto expedition to South Sinai include tracing pharaonic routes and camps en route to the turquoise and copper mining region, investigating pharaonic and indigenous... more
From northern China and Mongolia to the Black Sea region, turquoise was the dominant gemstone in the ornamentation of communities occupying the central and northern regions of Eurasia in the first millennium BCE and the first centuries... more
ABSTRACT: El-Markha Plain is a key coastal region providing an anchorage for Egyptian expeditions traveling to the copper and turquoise mining region in South Sinai. The University of Toronto expedition investigated a mound at Ras Budran... more
ABSTRACT: Our current understanding of Egypt's New Kingdom relations with the Sinai and Levant relies heavily upon the extant textual-pictorial record. It has mostly neglected the full potential of the archaeological record, even during... more
Some of the most quintessential pieces of Post-Classic Mesoamerican art are turquoise mosaics. These include masks, shields and more figurative pieces inlayed with turquoise tesserae, such as those of the British Museum and the National... more
LOCATION 16N 11E Sec. 32 SBM 35.4281 -115.82165 Wright and others (1953) describe the location of the East Camp mine as being in Sections 32 and 33 of T.16N, R.11E, SBM and in Section 4 of T.15N, R.11E, SBM. Turquoise deposits northwest... more
LOCATION The mines and geology in the vicinity of Halloran Springs, San Bernardino County, were described by Tucker and Sampson in 1931. Their map is reproduced in Figure 1. It covers Townships 8 to 11 North and Ranges 13 to16 East, SB... more
ABSTRACT: The Sinai Peninsula has provided a continuous land bridge connecting northeast Africa and Asia, and particularly Ancient Egypt with the Levant. This paper focuses mainly upon past through recent explorations of Ancient Egypt’s... more
Translations of three graffiti type texts dating from the last years of ancient turquoise mine at Serabit el-Khadim in the Sinai blame jealousy for an ongoing drought. This drought is continuing due to the lack of magic crafters needed to... more
SUMMARY: The Sinai Peninsula is a vast region, encompassing around 60,000 square kilometers with hundreds, if not thousands of archaeological sites, only a relative small sample of which have been fully explored. The Sinai attracted... more
In Search of Turquoise Woman: Turquoise in Myths and Reality of North American Indians. This article is devoted to turquoise and its role in human life. The mankind has known turquoise for more than ten thousand years. This is the only... more
Oxford Biblical Studies Online: “Sinai Peninsula,” in www.oxfordbiblicalstudies.com
LOCATION 16N 10E Sec. 33 SBM 35.4344 -115.92305 (MRDS, 2011). T.16N, R.10E, Sections 32 and 33, SBM. Turquoise deposits northeast of Silver Lake . Similar to East Camp deposits. (Wright and others, 1953, p. 149). OWNERSHIP J.B. Wood... more
ABSTRACT: Towards clarifying various problems and politics behind the Red Sea trade (original title). This paper aims to clarify some aspects of Egypt’s changing role in relation to other peoples and polities in the Red Sea trade... more
ABSTRACT: Recent findings at a late Old Kingdom fort at Ras Budran (South Sinai). The 2002, 2004, and 2008 excavation seasons at Ras Budran, and a recent 2010 study season, have yielded a variety of emerging activity patterns for the... more
ABSTRACT: A satellite remote sensing survey of el-Markha plain assessing areas of vegetation (NDVI), water sources, and other features, with a subsequent ground-truthing mission to investigate promising areas for ancient through more... more
LOCATION 16N 10E Sec. 31 SBM 35.4308 -115.95865 The West Camp mine is midway between the Himilaya Mine to the west and the Apache Mine to the east. Wright and others (1953) describe the location of the West Camp mine as being in T.16N,... more
Essay on small blue stone bead found in frozen tombs in Altai by S.Rudenko in 1949.
ISBN 978-5-93572-582-2
ISBN 978-5-93572-582-2
ABSTRACT: The 2008 excavations at Ras Budran continued exposing the late Old Kingdom fort’s courtyard, finding baking installations, deep hollows filled by ash and sand, and parts of an underlying occupation layer that may reflect earlier... more
ABSTRACT: This encyclopedia entry contains a summary of the explorations and findings at Serabit el-Khadim spanning 1762 to the 1990s, including Predynastic, pharaonic, and later activity at nearby sites such as several Chalcolithic to... more
ABSTRACT: The 2002 University of Toronto and SCA (renamed MoA) expedition to el-Markha Plain, South Sinai, mapped and excavated the eastern portion of a small, seasonal copper smelting site and anchorage (Rothenberg’s site 346), which W.... more

