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Surroundings:

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Location:

  • Jordan, Wādī Mūsá
  • geo:30.329485,35.440147
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • -30~ / unknown

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=31608

Annotations

The Qasr al-Bint Far'oun - the palace of Pharaoh's daughter, was built in the first century BC, by Obodas III (30-9 BC), on an earlier foundation.

Sources:

  1. Christian Augé, Laurent Borel, Jacqueline Dentzer-Feydy, Chrystelle March, François Renel , Laurent Tholbecq, Pétra - Le Sanctuaire du Qasr al-Bint et ses abords : un état des lieux des travaux de la Mission archéologique française à Pétra, Jordanie (1999-2013), Rapport des campagnes archéologiques 2013, Bruxelles, Presses de l'ULB, 2014 - https://www.academia.edu/11671340
  2. http://books.openedition.org/ifpo/4896

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, Small Temple

Small Temple at Petra

Jebal el Habis (Crusader castle)

Jebal el Habis (Crusader castle)

Petra, Arched Gate

The Arched Gate


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