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.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Roman-period Egyptian porphyry quarry
- Also known as: “Djebel Doukhân”, “Djebel Duchan”, “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”, “Porphyrberg”, “Porphyrites”, “Porphyrites Mons”, “Porphyritika Metalla”, “Porphyritou Oros”, “Umm Balad, Mons Porphyrites”, “Yebel Dujan”, “Πορφυρίτης”, “Πορφυριτικὰ μέταλλα”, “Πορφυρίτου ὄρος”, and “جبل دخان”
Mons Porphyrites
- Categories: quarry, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Red Sea, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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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
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Mons Porphyrites” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبل أبو دخان”
- Arabic: “مونس بورفيريتوس”
- Basque: “Mons Porphyrites”
- Danish: “Mons Porphyrites”
- Estonian: “Mons Porphyrites”
- German: “Mons Porphyrites”
- Italian: “Mons Porphyrites”
- Latin: “Mons Porphyrites”
- Polish: “Mons Porphyrites”
- Spanish: “Mons Porphyrites”
- “Mons Porphyrites”
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