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Surroundings:

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Location:

  • Jordan, Jarash
  • geo:32.312443,35.90242
  • Location ± 100-500 m.

Class:

  • Workshop or industry
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=40822

Annotations

The Shawahed quarry in Jordan was exploited in the IInd century AD.

See:

  1. Nizar Abu-Jaber, Ziad al Saad and Nihad Smadi, The quarryscapes of Gerasa (Jarash), Jordan, Geological Survey of Norway Special Publication 12, pp. 65-73 - https://www.academia.edu/9508611
  2. Nizar Abu-Jaber, Catreena Hamarneh, Documentation and Protection of the Quarries of Gerasa in: Levant 2013 Vol.45/1, pp. 57-68

Relevant museums

Archeologisch museum van Amman

Het oude archeologische museum van Jordanië.

Amman, Jordan Museum

The new historical museum of Jordan; substantial archaeological collection.


Nearby

Roman Rd

Roman Rd

Majjar Quarry

Al Majjar quaary

Birketein, Tomb of Germanus (1 km)

The ruins of a tomb of Germanus.


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