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Partially excavated places tagged “harra”

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🇸🇾 Syria · Earthwork

Harraat al-Harra Desert Kites

Neolithic to Chalcolithic, Badia Neolithic · Harra Neolithic hunters

34 basalt kite traps (4800-3200 BCE) on Harraat al-Harra plateau SE of Damascus, northwestern anchor of mega-kite province.

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🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder

Harrat Al-Sham Kite Cluster (Syrian–Jordanian Harra Ridge)

PPN to Chalcolithic · Harra Neolithic lava-field hunters

Harrat al-Sham cross-border: 7 lava-levee kites linear 6.2 km on harra ridge crest.

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🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city

Qasr Burquʿ

Late Roman/Byzantine to Umayyad · Roman/Byzantine → Umayyad Arab

Black basalt desert castle (qasr) on the shores of seasonal Burqu Lake and Roman strata — possibly Byzantine Valentinian outpost incorporated into Umayyad qusur (~700 CE) — isolated in Harra basalt…