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Economies Beyond Agriculture in the Classical World (Leicester-Nottingham Studies in Ancient Society)
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Excerpt - on Page 143: " ... STONE QUARRYING IN THE EASTERN DESERT WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO MONS CLAUDIANUS AND MONS PORPHYRITES Valerie fl. Maxfield Introduction The area of desert and mountain which lay between the Nile and the ... "

Land Transport in Roman Egypt: A Study of Economics and Administration in a Roman Province (Oxford Classical Monographs)
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Excerpt - on Page 32: " ... justifying his position by noting the particular importance enjoyed by both Mons Claudianus and Mons Porphyrites during the reign of Trajan.77 He thus supposed that stone was transported to the Red Sea, shipped to Clysma and ... "

Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
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The Exploitation of Plant Resources in Ancient Africa
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Excerpt - on Page 8: " ... Fruits, vegetables and herbs have been found at Roman Berenike, Mons Claudianus and Mons Porphyrites (all in Egypt), and at Aksum (Ethiopia) in deposits dating to the mid- late Aksumite Empire. Moreover, such diversity of ... "

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