Tall Al-Magass is an

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dating to the Chalcolithic period that lies north of modern-day

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city in

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. 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.

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Photos of Maqass
at the American Center of Research Archaeological sites in Jordan Former populated places in Jordan {{NEast-archaeology-stub