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Dying in the Mines: Necropoleis and Funerary Practices During the Late Antique Period in the Smaragdos (Egyptian Eastern Desert) | July 2025 (129.3) | American Journal of Archaeology

This article documents the Late Antique necropoleis in the Smaragdos, a region known in antiquity for its emerald mines. The study analyzes the features of the necropoleis and tombs identified in them within the general context of the funerary practices of the desert communities that lived in the Eastern Desert between the fourth and the seventh centuries CE. Hundreds of these tombs have been identified along the wadis and in the surrounding hil…