100 Ancient Egyptian Inscriptions Found at Amethyst Mining Site

Live Science ^ | March 26, 2019 | Owen Jarus

[SunkenCiv]

• Two engraved reliefs unearthed on Red Sea coastline [12th Dynasty] (Amenemhat IV) [07/24/2015]

[TigersEye]

It appears that somebody was lichen it.

[sparklite2]

Hah! Very good.

[Deaf Smith]

I read:

Safety Is Job One

2 Days Since Last Death

Lock Out Tag Out

[BipolarBob]

I also found “Tuesday is Soylent Green day” whatever that means.

[eldoradude]

[BipolarBob]

Good find! How did we overlook that? It makes now.

[BipolarBob]

It makes sense now.

[seowulf]

“Walk like us.”

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Amethyst

Purple was the color of royalty and was not a common color. That is probably the reason for the interest in amethyst.

[LegendHasIt]

That and the belief that it prevented drunkenness and cured hangovers.

[Agamemnon]

Patterns of Evidence: Exodus

A couple of weeks ago I saw the follow up movie Patterns of Evidence: The Moses Controversy

Extraordinary films on this same topic and which support your points.

FReegards!

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

"That and the belief that it prevented drunkenness and cured hangovers."

Discussed here. "The name Amethyst derives from the Greek word ametusthos, meaning “not intoxicated"

https://www.crystalvaults.com/crystal-encyclopedia/amethyst

[afraidfortherepublic]

Oooooooh! Wouldn’t I just love to own an amethyst mining site! Jes’ sayin’.

[SunkenCiv]

I was browsing for info on lapis lazuli and found tons of other semi-precious stones, some of which I'd never heard of, and others I had, but didn't know what they looked like and such. Parts of the big globe of crud are actually really pretty. :^)