Lehun

Lehun (Arabic: الياهون, romanized: Al Yahoun), also known as al-Lahun or Khirbet Lahun, is an archaeological site in Madaba Governorate, Jordan.^[1]^[2]

The site has been occupied since prehistory, through the Bronze Age, Iron Age,^[3] Nabati and Islamic periods and until the Ottoman period. The most important monuments of the site: an agricultural village dating back to the Bronze Age, mills and contemporaries, a castle, a Roman temple and fortifications in addition to a Nabati temple and a village, and evidence of stability in the Byzantine and Islamic periods.^{[citation needed]}

References[edit]

^ "الياهون".
^ Homès-Fredericq, D. (2010-11-24). "Introduction". Lehun: Belgian Excavations in Jordan. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
^ Swinnen, Ingrid M. (2009). "The Iron Age I Settlement and Its Residential Houses at al-Lahun in Moab, Jordan". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. 354 (354): 29–53. doi:10.1086/BASOR25609314. ISSN 0003-097X. JSTOR 25609314. S2CID 163809344.

External links[edit]

Photos of Lahun at the American Center of Research

31°27′36″N 35°50′59″E / 31.4601°N 35.8496°E / 31.4601; 35.8496

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[1] "الياهون".

[2] Homès-Fredericq, D. (2010-11-24). "Introduction". Lehun: Belgian Excavations in Jordan. Retrieved 2020-08-23.

[3] Swinnen, Ingrid M. (2009). "The Iron Age I Settlement and Its Residential Houses at al-Lahun in Moab, Jordan". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. 354 (354): 29–53. doi:10.1086/BASOR25609314. ISSN 0003-097X. JSTOR 25609314. S2CID 163809344.

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