Tall Al-Magass is an
archaeological site
An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or recorded history, historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline ...
dating to the
Chalcolithic period that lies north of modern-day
Aqaba
Aqaba ( , ; , ) is the only coastal city in Jordan and the largest and most populous city on the Gulf of Aqaba. Situated in southernmost Jordan, Aqaba is the administrative center of the Aqaba Governorate. The city had a population of 148, ...
city in
Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...
. Tall Al-Magass and the neighboring
Tall Hujayrat Al-Ghuzlan site, also north of Aqaba, both have extensive evidence of significant copper production and trade in the region.
References
External links
Photos of Maqassat the
American Center of Research
Archaeological sites in Jordan
Former populated places in Jordan
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