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ID: 7018651 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7018651			Record Type: administrative

Tall al-Khalifāh (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 29 32 39 N degrees minutes			Lat: 29.5440 decimal degrees
Long: 034 58 55 E degrees minutes			Long: 34.9810 decimal degrees

Note: Located at head of Gulf of ʻAqaba; is biblical site described as where Solomon built a navy (I Kings 9:26); was fortified 10th-4th centuries BCE; taken by Edomites in mid-8th century BCE; is site of largest copper refineries known from ancient world.

Names:

Tall al-Khalifāh (preferred,C,V)

Ezion-Geber (H,V,S)

Eziongeber (H,V)

Eziongaber (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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Asia (continent) (P)

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Jordan (nation) (P)

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Al ‘Aqabah (governorate) (P)

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Tall al-Khalifāh (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:

deserted settlement (preferred, C)	............	fortified by 10th cen. BC
archaeological site (C)
tell (C)
inhabited place (H)
mining center (H)
fortified settlement (H)

Sources and Contributors:

Eziongaber..........	[VP]
.......................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 287

Ezion-Geber..........	[VP]
.......................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 387

Eziongeber..........	[VP]
.......................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 287

Tall al-Khalifāh..........	[VP Preferred]
.............................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 286

Subject: .....	[VP]
..................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 286; I, 287
..................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 387


Note:
English	..........	[VP]
	..........	Canby, Historic Places (1984)

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