Lehun Explained

Lehun (Arabic: الياهون|Al Yahoun), also known as al-Lahun or Khirbet Lahun, is an archaeological site in Madaba Governorate, Jordan.^{[1] [2]}

The site has been occupied since prehistory, through the Bronze Age, Iron Age,^[3] Nabati and Islamic periods and until the Ottoman period. The most important monuments of the site: an agricultural village dating back to the Bronze Age, mills and contemporaries, a castle, a Roman temple and fortifications in addition to a Nabati temple and a village, and evidence of stability in the Byzantine and Islamic periods.

External links

• Photos of Lahun at the American Center of Research

Notes and References

1. Web site: الياهون.
2. Web site: Homès-Fredericq. D.. 2010-11-24. Introduction. 2020-08-23. Lehun: Belgian Excavations in Jordan.
3. Swinnen. Ingrid M.. 2009. The Iron Age I Settlement and Its Residential Houses at al-Lahun in Moab, Jordan. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. 354. 354. 29–53. 10.1086/BASOR25609314. 25609314. 163809344. 0003-097X.