print email comment close Ancient Gold Center Discovered on the Nile URL: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/06/070619-gold-nile.html Description: June 2007 article about the discovery of "evidence of large-scale gold extraction in the ancient Nubian kingdom of Kush [that] has been found along the Nile River. ... The discovery is part of a race to save as many antiquities as possible before a dam inundates a hundred-mile (160-kilometer) stretch of the Nile in northern Sudan." Includes photos and links to related material. From National Geographic News. Publisher: National Geographic Society Extra Keywords Cush LII Database Information: Record 24075 created by Maria Brandt on 06/25/2007 Last modification on 06/25/2007 Published: 06/27/2007   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24075