Aelana/Aila
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: D.F. Graf
Creators: D.F. Graf
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Enes Yılandiloğlu, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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Dec 10, 2025 02:41 PM
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The city of Aqaba on the Red Sea.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/746700
29.5306345642, 34.999966317
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- OSM location of Ayla (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Aelana (330 BC - AD 640)
- Aila (unspecified date range)
- Aila (Modern Standard Arabic, 1200 BC - AD 1335)
- Aila (Ancient Greek, 1200 BC - AD 1335)
- Aila (Georgian, 1200 BC - AD 1335)
- Ailana (30 BC - AD 300)
- Ailana (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 300)
- Ailas (Ancient Greek, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Aïlas (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Berenike (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Berenike (540 BC - AD 640)
- Berenikē (Ancient Greek, 540 BC - AD 640)
- Elath (750 BC - 30 BC)
- Eyle (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- Ezion Geber (unspecified date range)
- Gazīrat Firʿaun (Modern Standard Arabic, 1200 BC - AD 1291)
- Haila (Latin, 30 BC - AD 640)
- Ile de Graye (AD 1099 - AD 1291)
- Tall al-Ḫulaifa (Modern Standard Arabic, 540 BC - AD 640)
- al-ʿAqaba (Modern Standard Arabic, 2600000 BC - AD 2000)
- Ēla (Arabic, 1200 BC - AD 640)
- ʿAḳabe (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- ʿEṣyon Geber (Ancient Hebrew, 1200 BC - 140 BC)
- ʿEṣyon Gever (Modern Hebrew, unspecified date range)
- Ẹlat (Modern Hebrew, 3300 BC - AD 2000)
- Ẹlȧt (unspecified date range)
- Ẹ̄lat (AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- Aelana/Aila connection Aelaniticus Sinus (unspecified date range)
- Aelana/Aila connection Arabicus Sinus/Erythr(ae)um/Rubrum Mare (unspecified date range)
- Aqaba Church located at Aelana/Aila (unspecified date range)
settlement (fortified), settlement, port
- Evidence:
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- See Also:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 76 F2 Aelana/Aila
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Aqaba JOR
D.F. Graf, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Enes Yılandiloğlu, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Aelana/Aila: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/746700> [accessed: 11 December 2025]
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