Murayghat
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Tom Elliott
Creators: Tom Elliott
Contributors:
Sean Gillies, David Meadows
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jun 23, 2026 02:44 PM
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History
An early Bronze Age site in modern Jordan, located about 12 km southwest of Madaba. The site has been interpreted as a ceremonial meeting place for regional groups, featuring a central area with monumental structures and standing stones surrounded by dolmen fields, which may mark burial sites.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/652550389
31.653003, 35.698437
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- Imagery Location after Kerner 2025 (3300 BC - 2000 BC) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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cultural landscape, catacomb, cemetery, necropolis, architectural complex, archaeological site
Pleiades
Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, and David Meadows, 'Murayghat: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/652550389> [accessed: 12 July 2026]
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