Historedia
Person

Frédéric Cailliaud

Events
1
Episodes
1
Years
1817

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Frédéric Cailliaud, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Frédéric Cailliaud discovers the Roman emerald mines at Sikait

    1817

    Role: French naturalist and mineralogist

    1. 1817 · Wadi SikaitRediscovery of the Sikait Mines

      Cailliaud identified the lost emerald mines at Sikait in 1817, linking the site to Pliny's accounts.

Sources

  1. Frédéric Cailliaud Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-24
  2. Mons Smaragdus Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-12