A
stele by
Seti I found at the
Kanais temple, mentions a well in Wadi Myah for the gold miners. Mill artifacts from the
Ptolemaic Kingdom and
New Kingdom of Egypt are present, including
ore washing facilities, besides the remains of a New Kingdom settlement.
Quartz veins were mined for gold, probably dating back to the Old Kingdom Period. Enough gold remained for profitable exploitation between 1907 and 1919. ==See also==