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Wadi Hammâmât (Mons Basanites)

Quarry

Coordinates: 25.46°N 33.55°E

Egypt / Aegyptus

Location

Details

Stone:

Granite, Breccia, Coloured Marble,

Location:

83 km east of Quft, Eastern Desert

Material:

Marble breccia (breccia verde d’Egitto or hecatontalithos) and greywacke (pietra Bekhen or basanites), both dark green with shades of grey-brown, the former sometimes with yellow, red, white inclusions; exported in Roman Imperial period but very rare

Bibliography

Lucas - Harris 1962: 407-408; Mielsch 1985: 64; Gnoli 1988: 111-121; Harrell - Brown et al. 1999; Harrell - Brown et al. 2002; Klemm - Klemm 2008: 297-311.

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