Khirbat Faynan

Khirbat Faynan, also known as Phaino, is an archaeological site in Wadi Faynan, southern Jordan. Located at the confluence of Wadi Dana and Wadi Ghuwayr, the settlement was occupied from the early Bronze Age[1] and has been identified with the biblical Punon, one of the stations of the Exodus. In the Roman-Byzantine period, it was the centre of the area's extensive copper mining complex, the largest in the Southern Levant.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Ward, Lauren (2012-05-29). "Excavations at the Site of an Ancient Techno-Revolution". National Geographic. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  2. ↑ "Wadi Faynan, Copper Mine". World Archaeology (13). 2005-09-07. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  3. ↑ Novo, Alexandre; Vincent, Matthew L.; Levy, Thomas E. (2012-08-29). "Geophysical Surveys at Khirbat Faynan, an Ancient Mound Site in Southern Jordan". International Journal of Geophysics. 2012: 1–8. doi:10.1155/2012/432823. ISSN 1687-885X.


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