Mount al-Muqattam
جبل المقطم
A mountain range running through the desert from the start of Egyptian lands toward Aswan, with ochre and lime quarried from some of its sites. The author says it holds old remains and treasures hidden by kings, and attributes to a circulating story a priest associated with the mountain 1 2.
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al-Muqattam: a mountain that extends from the first land of Egypt in the desert to near Aswan. al-Idrisi reports that ochre and lime are extracted from some of its places. 3
The author reports that the mountain has ancient remains and treasures that kings hid, and he ascribes to a widely told account the story of a priest with whom the mountain was associated. 4
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 132
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 133
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.132
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.133
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