Porphyry sarcophagus in garden of Istanbul Archaelogical and Classical Museum, Turkey
Imperial Porphyry quarried from the Eastern Desert Red Sea Hills in Egypt was shipped to Contantinople by the Romans and used for burials and decorative building work in palaces and places of high importance. Porphyry is famous for its rich purple colouring and is only found in Egypts Eastern Desert
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Photo credit: © Mike P Shepherd / Alamy / Afripics
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