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Location:

  • Egypt, Qalt Umm Dīsī
  • geo:27.151403,33.287544
  • Location ± 100-500 m.

Class:

  • Workshop or industry
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=46650

Annotations

Kine Latomia is an ancient granite quarry, dates to roman times, with remains of the infrastructure such as ramps to transport the blocks into the valley,  and administration area - fort.

See:

  1. http://www.trismegistos.org/place/10321
  2. F.A.J. Hoogendijk and B.P. Muhs  eds., Sixty-Five Papyrological Texts: Presented to Klaas A. Worp on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday, Papyrologica Lugduno-Batava 33, Brill Academic Pub, 2008, pp. 311-316
  3. Les praesidia romains du désert Oriental - http://www.ifao.egnet.net/archeologie/praesidia/

Nearby

Umm Balad

Hill sanctuary; c.76 CE / 175 CE

Mons Porphyrites - Nederzetting 5

Nederzetting - 30 BC - AD 640

Mons Porphyrites - Steengroeve 4

Steengroeve - 30 BC - AD 640


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