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.
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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