Mons Porphyrites
Mons Porphyrites is the mountainous site of a group of ancient quarries in the Red Sea Hills of the Eastern Desert in Egypt. Under the Roman Empire, they were the only known source of the purple "imperial" variety of porphyry.
- Archaeological site
- Description: Roman-period Egyptian porphyry quarry
- Also known as“Djebel Doukhân”“Dukhan”“G. Dukhkhân”“Gebel Docan”“Gebel Dokhān”“Gebel Doukhain”“Gebel Doukhan”“Gebel Dukhan”“Gebl Dukhkhân”“Gl. Dokhan”“J. Dukhan”“Jabal Abū Dukhān”“Jabal Dukhān”“Jebel Abū Dukhān”“Jebel Dukhān”“Mount Porphyry”“Porphyrites”“Umm Balad, Mons Porphyrites”
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Latitude
27.14743° or 27° 8′ 51″ north
Longitude
33.29138° or 33° 17′ 29″ east
Open location code
7GVM47WR+XH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Mons Porphyrites” goes by many names.
جبل أبو دخانArabic
جبل دخانArabic
مونس بورفيريتوسArabic
Jebel DukhanBasque
Mons PorphyritesBasque
Mons PorphyritesDanish
Mons PorphyritesEstonian
ΠορφυρίτηςGreek
Πορφυριτικὰ μέταλλαGreek
Πορφυρίτου ὄροςGreek
Mons PorphyritesItalian
Mons PorphyritesLatin
Mons PorphyritesPolish
Porphyrites
Porphyrites Mons
Porphyritika Metalla
Porphyritou Oros
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