Roman era Ruins Wadi El Gemal Temple

Roman era Ruins Wadi El Gemal Temple Roman era Ruins Wadi El Gemal Temple Roman era Ruins in the Heart of Wadi el-Gemal While wildlife can often be hit or miss on tours like this, ruins are much more dependable! After all, they’ve already been there for hundreds of years, so it’s a pretty sure thing that you’ll get to see them. There are several different archeological sites located throughout Wadi el-Gemal, but most of them aren’t accessible to tour groups. However, one of the most significant of the Wadi el-Gemal sites is accessible, and worth the trip! There is a small temple carved into the mountainside among the ruins of a town called Sekeit. It is a small temple, and can’t compare to the larger temples in places like Aswan or Luxor, but if you look carefully you can still see carvings in the soft stone walls. Cleopatra’s Emerald Mines For much of recorded history, Wadi el-Gemal was the source of some of the best emeralds in the world! Mines in this area started appearing as early as the Middle Kingdom, and they were eventually named after the Pharaoh Cleopatra due to her enjoyment of the green stones. In fact, she often gave emeralds away as gifts to visiting nobility! During the Ptolemaic era, this area of the world was also important due to its access to the Red Sea, and there was actually a good-sized port city called Berenice Troglodytica just to the south of Wadi el-Gemel. This was a main trade port for many years, and teak wood artifacts in the area speak to trade being done with partners as far away as India. Eventually, Wadi el-Gemel became part of la Via Hadriana, or Hadrian’s Way, under the Roman emperor Hadrian. All of this added to the importance of the different mining communities in Wadi el-Gemal, as they doubled as stopovers for traveling traders. However, as other trade routes flourished, Berenice Troglodytica was eventually abandoned and the settlements in the area all fell into ruin. Nevertheless, emeralds, beryl, and even gold can still be found in abundance in the area, and small pieces of emerald are easy to spot in the sand surrounding the ruins. Outside of the protected areas like Wadi el-Gemal, modern mining operations are still common, and the original infrastructure in Marsa Alam was built as housing for miners. Roman era Ruins Wadi El Gemal Temple مول العرب للتسوق عبر الانترنت يقدم منتجات مميزه من منتجات المتاجر الالكترونيه مثل بوكينج واكسبيديا والمطار والمسافر ورحلات واجودا و طيران الامارات Roman era Ruins Wadi El Gemal Temple