Wadi Numeira is a Wadi in Jordan that is known for its deep gorge cut through the sandstone.[1][2] It gives its name to the Bronze Age ruins located at its mouth with the Dead Sea. The Wadi also sometimes nicknamed Petra with water.
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In the Siq -
Wadi Numeira In the Valley -
Wadi Numeira Siq -
Starting Point of the Gorge -
Wadi Numeira in the Siq
The Wadi enters the Dead Sea at a site 280m below Sea Level, on the shore of the Dead Sea.[3] Here the river flows adjacent to the archaeological site, of Numeira. The river is significantly eroding the archaeological site, destroying perhaps as much as ½ the original settlement due to changes in the water course.[4]
In 1943 Nelson Glueck mentioned Seil en-Numeirah (seil meaning stream), a stream that flows into the southern end of the Dead Sea.[5]
References
- ^ Wadi Numeira.
- ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- ^ James W. Flanagan, David M. Gunn, Paula McNutt, 'Imagining' Biblical Worlds(A&C Black, 2003)p252.
- ^ James W. Flanagan, David M. Gunn, Paula McNutt, 'Imagining' Biblical Worlds(A&C Black, 2003)p252.
- ^ Glueck, Nelson (October 1943). "Some Ancient Towns in the Plains of Moab". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (91): 7–26 (see p. 11, n. 9). doi:10.2307/3219054. JSTOR 3219054. S2CID 163213632.
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