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Khirbet al-Mukhayyat
خربة المُخيَّط Siyagha | |
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Village | |
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  Khirbet al-Mukhayyat Location in Jordan | |
| Coordinates: 31°46′04″N 35°43′31″E / 31.76778°N 35.72528°E | |
| Country |  Jordan |
| Governorate | Madaba Governorate |
| Elevation | 820 m (2,690 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (UTC+3) |
| Area code | +(962)5 |
Khirbet al-Mukhayyat (Arabic: خربة المُخيَّط), also commonly known as the town of Nebo, is a village in Madaba Governorate in Jordan. The village is about 3.5 km from Mount Nebo, also known as Siyagha. Many Byzantine churches were found in the village, including the Church of Saint Lot and Saint Procopius, the church of St. George, and the al-Kaniseh Monastery located a short distance down in a valley below the hill.[2] The town also contains material culture from a wide range of phases from the Chalcolithic to the Ottoman period including several Hellenistic features, an Iron Age fort, and a number of caves, tombs, cisterns and agricultural infrastructure.[3]
Since 2014, Mukhayyat has been excavated by an international team of archaeologists, led by Dr. Debra Foran of Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada). These excavations are ongoing and indicate a long history of occupation, from the Early Bronze Age to the Ottoman period.
- ^ Madaba Greater Municipality Archived 2009-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Jordan Jubilee". Archived from the original on 2011-11-22. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
- ^ Foran, Debra; Dolan, Annlee; Edwards, Steven (2015). "The First Season of Excavations of the Khirbat al-Mukhayyat Archaeological Project". Liber Annuus. 65: 453–469. doi:10.1484/J.LA.4.000122.