Mons Claudianus

Mons Claudianus was a Roman quarry in the eastern desert of Egypt. It consisted of a garrison, a quarrying site, and civilian and workers' quarters. Granodiorite was mined for the Roman Empire where it was used as a building material. Mons Claudianus is located in the mountains of the Egyptian Eastern desert about midway between the Red Sea and Qena, in the present day Red Sea Governorate. Today tourists can see fragments of granite, with several artifacts such as a broken column. A number of texts written on broken pottery (ostraca) have been discovered at the site.

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  Mons Claudianus ⓘ
  Roman quarry in the eastern desert of Egypt

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Die Gartenlaube (1885) b 653

Mt. Acabe in Egypt, namesake or cognate of the Gulf of Aqaba, as shown in Nicolaus Germanus' 1467 edition of Ptolemy's Geography (150 A.D.).

Travels in the Upper Egyptian deserts (1913) (14779468415)

Travels in the Upper Egyptian deserts (1913) (14799336453)

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26988- walls and granite at Mons Claudianus

26982- Mons Claudianus perimeter wall

• A life of luxury in the desert? The food and fodder supply to Mons Claudianus - , Q1860, 1998
• The Amount of Wages Paid to the Quarry-Workers at Mons Claudianus - , Q1860, 1996

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	mine		Mons Claudianus	archaeological site, quarry	Wikidata
commons	image		Die Gartenlaube (1885) b 653		Commons
commons	image		Mt. Acabe in Egypt, namesake or cognate of the Gulf of Aqaba, as shown in Nicolaus Germanus' 1467 edition of Ptolemy's Geography (150 A.D.).		Commons
commons	image		Travels in the Upper Egyptian deserts (1913) (14779468415)		Commons
commons	image		Travels in the Upper Egyptian deserts (1913) (14799336453)		Commons
commons	image		MonsClaudianus02 83		Commons
commons	image		MonsClaudianus03 83		Commons
commons	image		MonsClaudianus01 83		Commons
commons	image		MonsClaudianus		Commons
commons	image		26988- walls and granite at Mons Claudianus		Commons
commons	image		26982- Mons Claudianus perimeter wall		Commons