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Surroundings:

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Location:

  • Jordan, Wādī Mūsá
  • geo:30.321943,35.446945
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • 6xx~ / unknown

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=31562

Annotations

The High Place of Sacrifice on the Jabal al-Madhbah was an ancient Edomite sanctuary..

Sourcse:

  1. E.L. Wilson, “A photographer’s visit to Petra,” The Century Magazine 31.1 (1885), pp. 19-24
  2. Rudolf Ernst Brünnow,  Alfred von Domaszewski, Die Provincia Arabia, Verlag: Strasbourg, Trübner, 1904
  3. THE HIGH-PLACES OF PETRA PROFESSOR GEORGE L. ROBINSON, PH.D., D.D. McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, Ill.; https://aqaba.jo/Pages/Viewpage?PageID=27

Relevant museums

Petra, Archaeological Museum

Petra, Archaeological Museum

Amman, Jordan Museum

The new historical museum of Jordan; substantial archaeological collection.

Archeologisch museum van Amman

Het oude archeologische museum van Jordanië.


Nearby

Petra, Zibb Atuf - Nabatean obelisks

Two Nabatean obelisks. Nabatean quarry?

Petra, Lion Relief

Petra, Lion Relief.

Petra, Obodas Chapel

Nabatean sanctuary.


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