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Location

  • Egypt, Ad Dahhār
  • geo:27.250811,33.301682
  • Location: correct and verified

Period or year

  • 51?~ / unknown

Classification

  • fort
  • Visible

Mons Porphyrites. (Deir Kebir, Wadi Maamal)

data access 7740
  1. "Porphyrites, Wadi Maamal", Desert Networks project, study by Authors: Bérangère Redon     https://desertnetworks.huma-num.fr/sites/DN_SIT0151
  2. 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
  3. IMPERIAL ROMAN QUARRIES IN SOUTHERN EGYPT, MONS PORPHYRITES & MONS CLAUDIANUS.  By Tomas Lipps   https://www.academia.edu/81643512/IMPERIAL_ROMAN_QUARRIES_IN_SOUTHERN_EGYPT_MONS_PORPHYRITES_and_MONS_CLAUDIANUS
  4. The Oxford Roman Economy Project    https://oxrep.classics.ox.ac.uk/databases/stone_quarries_database/100to120/records/3241/

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Creators: Entry created by René Voorburg (2012-06-16) , last updated by p. jeffries (2026-01-28), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/7740
Data downloads: KML
Suggested citation: Voorburg, R. and jeffries, P., Mons Porphyrites. (Deir Kebir, Wadi Maamal). https://vici.org/vici/7740, accessed 2026-01-29.