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Location

Egypt, Ad Dahhār
geo:27.24238,33.283009
Location: correct and verified

Period or year

251?~ / unknown

Classification

vicus
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Identifiers

Mons Porphyrites - Lykabettus (Gebel Abu Dukhan)

data access 13450

"Porphyrites, Lykabettus Village", Desert Networks project, study by Authors: Bérangère Redon https://desertnetworks.huma-num.fr/sites/DN_SIT2071
An imperial enterprise in the Red Sea mountains : the Mons Claudianus and Mons Porphyrites quarries. Valerie Maxfield https://www.college-de-france.fr/en/agenda/symposium/egypt-eastern-desert-during-the-greco-roman-period-archaeological-findings/an-imperial-enterprise-in-the-red-sea-mountains-the-mons-claudianus-and-mons-porphyrites-quarries

Nearby sites

Mons Porphyrites, Lykabettus Cemetery
Roman period quarry necropolis
Mons Porphyrites, Lykabettus Quarry
Roman period purple porphyrites quarry & slipway
Mons Porphyrites - Lykabettus (Quarry)
Quarry - 30 BC - AD 640
Mons Porphyrites - Lykabettus (Quarry)
Roman period purple porphyry quarry & slipway

Use and reuse

Creators: Entry created by Kees van Noorel (2013-02-25) , last updated by p. jeffries (2026-01-25), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/13450
Data downloads: KML
Suggested citation: van, K. and jeffries, P., Mons Porphyrites - Lykabettus (Gebel Abu Dukhan). https://vici.org/vici/13450, accessed 2026-01-30.