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Excavation ongoing places tagged “edomite”

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🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder

Wadi Feynan and Wadi Arabah Copper Belt

Chalcolithic to Byzantine (c.4100 BCE–600 CE; peak Iron Age II) · Egyptian New Kingdom (eastern Timna sphere) → Edomite/Neo-Assyrian desert polity → Nabataean → Roman chrome convict mines

Jordanian Arabah slag-mountain copper belt — Iron Age Edomite desert industry outweighing Timna.