Numeira

For the geographic region known as Numeira, see Arabah.
Overview of Numeira, looking west
Early Bronze III destruction level at Numeira, inside the east gate.

Numeira (also an-Numayra) is an archaeological site in Jordan near the southern Dead Sea.[1] The site has substantial Early Bronze Age remains.[2]

The site is 280m below sea level, on the shore of the Dead Sea.[3]

Numeira is also the name given to the river and valley (wadi) adjacent to the archaeological site. 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]

  1. ^ Numeira: Jordan at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA].
  2. ^ Numeira at Bible Places.com.
  3. ^ James W. Flanagan, David M. Gunn, Paula McNutt, 'Imagining' Biblical Worlds(A&C Black, 2003)p252.
  4. ^ James W. Flanagan, David M. Gunn, Paula McNutt, 'Imagining' Biblical Worlds(A&C Black, 2003)p252.