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<< Our Photo Pages >> Wadi Rum Ritual Structures - Ancient Temple in Jordan

Submitted by motist on Thursday, 27 May 2010  Page Views: 4200

Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: Wadi Rum Ritual Structures
Country: Jordan Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Aqaba  Nearest Village: Rum village
Latitude: 29.562555N  Longitude: 35.424946E
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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
0No data.
4 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
0no data
5

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Wadi Rum Ritual Structures
Wadi Rum Ritual Structures submitted by motist : Snake shaped pavement (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Temple in Jordan

On 14 June 2006 Dr. U. Avner and I were surveying the sanctuaries in wadi Rum, Jordan. We were joined by Dr. Gary Rollefson chair of Whitman’s anthropology department, who is also co-editor of a Neolithic archaeology journal, co-editor-in-chief of an academic publishing facility at Freie Universität-Berlin and a consultant for Jordan’s Department of Antiquities .

About 1 Km from Rum village, I found a strange pavement beneath the northern Cliff of the wadi which was mostly covered by sand. Dr. Avner looked at the structure and suggested to Dr. Rollefson to excavate it as it was so unique. Dr. Rollefson who is working in Jordan can easily get an excavation permit

On 5.07.2007 we were invited by Dr. Rollefson to see the structure that had been exposed by him and 1 student .

The pavement has a shape of 3 snakes and is about 80 Meters long. In the excavation some flint sherds and a Matsebah were found. After the excavation, the pavement was re-covered with sand to avoid the stones being looted by the nearby villagers.

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Wadi Rum Ritual Structures
Wadi Rum Ritual Structures submitted by motist  : The ground photographed from the nearby mountain (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wadi Rum Ritual Structures
Wadi Rum Ritual Structures submitted by motist  : Snake shaped pavement (3 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Wadi Rum Ritual Structures
Wadi Rum Ritual Structures submitted by motist  : Part of the ground as seen from above (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wadi Rum Ritual Structures
Wadi Rum Ritual Structures submitted by motist  : Pavement and Matsebah (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wadi Rum Ritual Structures
Wadi Rum Ritual Structures submitted by motist  : Wadi Rum Ritual Structures

Wadi Rum Ritual Structures
Wadi Rum Ritual Structures submitted by motist  : Wadi Rum village

Wadi Rum Ritual Structures
Wadi Rum Ritual Structures submitted by motist  : The ground photographed from the nearby mountain

Wadi Rum Ritual Structures
Wadi Rum Ritual Structures submitted by motist  : Matsebah (4 comments)

Wadi Rum Ritual Structures
Wadi Rum Ritual Structures submitted by motist  : the view from the site

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 331m SSW 207° Wadi Rum Chambered Tomb* Chambered Tomb
 1.1km WSW 247° Wadi Rum Massebah (1)* Cairn
 1.5km SSW 196° Wadi Rum Massebah (2)* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 2.1km SW 231° Wadi Rum Masseboth* Standing Stones
 5.4km SSE 164° Wadi Kahkashea* Carving
 5.4km SSE 164° Jabel Kashkash Statue* Sculptured Stone
 14.8km SW 217° Wadi Rum Engravings* Carving
 16.3km SW 232° Wadi Dhaika Engravings* Carving
 21.4km SSW 200° Khirbet Rizqeh* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 22.9km NNE 17° Wadi Rum Petroglyphs* Rock Art
 44.0km N 350° Humeima* Ancient Village or Settlement
 45.1km W 276° Arround Shchoret hills* Ancient Village or Settlement
 45.6km W 277° Shchoret hills Open Air Mosque* Ancient Temple
 45.8km WNW 287° Nitsots hill open air sanctuary* Ancient Temple
 45.9km W 277° Shehoret Hills Desert Kite* Misc. Earthwork
 46.3km W 273° Shahmon Desert Kite* Misc. Earthwork
 46.6km W 277° Shchoret habitation site* Ancient Village or Settlement
 46.6km WNW 291° Beer-Ora N* Ancient Temple
 46.7km WNW 282° Mt. 'Amram Tumulus* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 47.2km WNW 290° E' of wadi Racham * Ancient Temple
 48.6km W 276° Yedidyah pass Roded type cult site* Ancient Village or Settlement
 48.7km W 274° Wadi Tawahin* Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
 49.1km WNW 301° Sasgon valley* Standing Stones
 49.2km W 275° Wadi Roded Open Air Sanctuaries* Ancient Temple
 49.4km WNW 285° Wadi Racham Matsebah* Standing Stones
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