5,000 year old rock art in Sinai shows early Egyptian conquest and control of copper mines

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5,000 year old rock art in Sinai shows early Egyptian conquest and control of copper mines

A newly recorded rock carving in the southwest Sinai Desert provides rare visual evidence of early Egyptian expansion into the peninsula around 3000 BCE. The scene, cut into a prominent rock face in Wadi Khamila, presents a violent encounter linked to control over mineral resources...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/01/rock-art-in-sinai-shows-early-egyptian-conquest/

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