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Location:

  • Jordan, Madīnat al Būtas
  • geo:31.25358,35.533798
  • Exact location

Period or year:

  • -3500~ / unknown

Class:

  • City
  • visible

Identifiers:

Annotations

Sources:

  1. Walter E. Rast, Bab edh-Dhr'a and the Origin of the Sodom Saga in: Archaeology and Biblical Interpretation. Essays in Memory of D. Glenn Rose, John Knox Press, Atlanta 1987,pp.185-201.
  2. Piotr Bienkowski , Jordan: Crossroads of the Near East in: Treasures from an Ancient Land: The Art of Jordan, Piotr Bienkowski eds., Stroud, UK: Alan Sutton 1991, p. 6
  3. R.T. Schaub and W.E. Rast . Preliminary Report of the 1981 Expedition to the Dead Sea Plain, Jordan. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 254: 1984, p. 35-60
  4. http://expeditiondeadseaplain.org/?page_id=27 

Relevant museums

Amman, Jordan Museum

The new historical museum of Jordan; substantial archaeological collection.


Nearby

Khirbet Qazone (1 km)

The cemetery extends east. The ca.3500+ looting pits are clearly visible.

Zahrat adh-Dhraʻ II (3 km)

Neolithic settlement in Jordan.

Numeira (Gomorrah?) (13 km)

The site is inhabited since Early Bronze Age (3500 - 2350 BC)


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