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Deir Alla (Municipality)

Deir Alla (Arabic: دير علا), (in modern Balqa Governorate, Jordan) is the site of an ancient Near Eastern town thought to be the biblical Pethor.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_Alla

Recent city comments:

  • مجمع الحاج عبدالهادي ابوصليح واولاده, aboharon wrote 11 years ago:
    المال نحو اهله يتقدمه ههه
  • Deir Alla (Municipality), John832 wrote 13 years ago:
    This polygon is clearly oversized and needs much further work from someone with local/specialist knowledge. Thank you
  • حارة السلامات والمرعي, ابو مرعي (guest) wrote 16 years ago:
    رياض مرعي ابو احمد ومحمود مرعي ابو عماد وسمير مرعي ابو كرم
  • ابو ربيقه للخلويات {المميز للخلويات}0, N70 (guest) wrote 16 years ago:
    بالتوفيق
  • Deir Alla, Jonathan (guest) wrote 19 years ago:
    This is Tell Deir Alla, excavated by dutch archaeologists from Leiden University. It has Bronze and Iron age levels. Excavated by Dr. Franken and later Dr. van der Kooij. Still regularly visited by students from Leiden University doing research nearby.
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32°11'42"N   35°36'57"E
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