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Submitted by davidmorgan on Monday, 11 March 2024  Page Views: 40

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tulul al-Ghusayn
Country: Jordan
NOTE: This site is 20.82 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Safawi
Latitude: 32.457470N  Longitude: 37.750670E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Tulul al-Ghusayn
Tulul al-Ghusayn submitted by motist : Aerial view of the garden terraces in the crater of the Tulul al-Ghusayn volcano. Credit: Robert Howard Bewley / APAAME (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Jordan

A Bronze Age fortified settlement comprising over 100 buildings and terraced gardens sited in a volcano.
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Tulul al-Ghusayn
Tulul al-Ghusayn submitted by motist : View of the excavated double cell dwelling structure, TAG 209. Credit: B. Müller-Neuhof / Dai-Orientabteilung (Vote or comment on this photo)

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 44.3km SSE 148° Khirbet Abu al-Husayn* Ancient Village or Settlement
 46.8km WSW 251° Khirbet al-Ja’bariya* Hillfort
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Re: Tulul al-Ghusayn by davidmorgan on Monday, 11 March 2024
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Chalcolithic/Early Bronze Age Settlements in the Northern Badia – Part I: Tulul al-Ghusayn by Bernd Müller-Neuhof and Wael Abu-Azizeh, 2018.
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