Sheirbah
Sheirbah is on the west coast of along the Gulf of Mafket, but it is primarily a Khemitian settlement. Fishing supplements the available agriculture, as this part of the coast is fairly dry. The city features an ancient temple to Hathor, usually known as the goddess of music and other arts, but sometimes in the past also thought of as a patroness of miners, and a protector of desert regions. Sheirbah is the location of an important turquoise mine, one that has literally been worked for millennia. The mining had gotten trickier over the years because workers have to follow narrower veins and work in areas that are difficult to access. Two other mines are near enough that the mining companies are headquartered here. A fairly recent find of turquoise in a new location means a new mine is being developed about halfway between Sheirbah and Wadi Mafket, but farther into the mountains.
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