Serabit el-Khadim
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE IN SOUTHWESTERN SINAI
Serabit el-Khadem; Serabit al Khadem; Sarabit al-Khadim; Gebel Garabe; Sarabit el-Khadim
Serabit el-Khadim ( ; also transliterated Serabit al-Khadim, Serabit el-Khadem) is a locality in the southwest Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, where turquoise was mined extensively in antiquity, mainly by the ancient Egyptians. Archaeological excavation, initially by Sir Flinders Petrie, revealed ancient mining camps and a long-lived Temple of Hathor, the Egyptian goddess who was favoured as a protector in desert regions and known locally as the mistress of the turquoise.