Mons Porphyrites

Mons Porphyrites is the mountainous site of a group of ancient quarries in the Red Sea Hills of the in . Under the Roman Empire, they were the only known source of the purple "imperial" variety of porphyry.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: Roman-period Egyptian porphyry quarry
  • Also known as: “Djebel Doukhân”, “Dukhan”, “G. Dukhkhân”, “Gebel Docan”, “Gebel Dokhan”, “Gebel Dokhān”, “Gebel Doukhain”, “Gebel Doukhan”, “Gebel Dukhan”, “Gebl Dukhkhân”, “Gl. Dokhan”, “J. Dukhan”, “Jabal Abū Dukhān”, “Jabal Dukhān”, “Jebel Abu Dukhan”, “Jebel Abū Dukhān”, “Jebel Dukhan”, “Jebel Dukhān”, “Mount Porphyry”, “Porphyrites”, and “Umm Balad, Mons Porphyrites”

Mons Porphyrites

Latitude
27.14743° or 27° 8′ 51″ north
Longitude
33.29138° or 33° 17′ 29″ east
Open location code
7GVM47WR+XH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 265139990
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q1945239
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Mons Porphyrites” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جبل أبو دخان”
  • Arabic: “جبل دخان”
  • Arabic: “مونس بورفيريتوس”
  • Danish: “Mons Porphyrites”
  • Estonian: “Mons Porphyrites”
  • German: “Djebel Duchan”
  • German: “Gebel Dokhan”
  • German: “Mons Porphyrites”
  • German: “Porphyrberg”
  • Greek: “Πορφυρίτης”
  • Greek: “Πορφυριτικὰ μέταλλα”
  • Greek: “Πορφυρίτου ὄρος”
  • Latin: “Mons Porphyrites”
  • Polish: “Mons Porphyrites”
  • Spanish: “Mons Porphyrites”
  • Spanish: “Yebel Dujan”
  • “Mons Porphyrites”
  • “Porphyrites”
  • “Porphyrites Mons”
  • “Porphyritika Metalla”
  • “Porphyritou Oros”
  • “Πορφυρίτης”
  • “Πορφυριτικὰ μέταλλα”
  • “Πορφυρίτου ὄρος”

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