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Wadi Feynan Copper Mines
Wadi Feynan Copper Mines
Wadi Feynan Copper Mines

Wadi Feynan is a major wadi and region in southern Jordan, on the border between Tafilah Governorate and Aqaba and Ma'an Governorates. Historically, the area had the largest copper deposits in the Southern Levant, which were intensively exploited from the Chalcolithic (4500-3100 BC) through to the Mamluk period (1250-1516 AD). It also has a number of significant early prehistoric sites.
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Country: Jordan
District: Tafilah Governorate
Category: Ancient Rock Workes
Site History: Fifth Millennium BC
Oldest Culture: Chalcolithic
Later Cultures: Mixed
Site Features: Mixed Monuments
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Part of: Dana Biosphere Reserve
Date of Submission: 2007
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