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Bookmark or Share- Dhiban, Jordan - WikipediaDhiban, (Arabic: ذيبان Ḏiʾbān) known to the Moabites as Dibon (Moabite: 𐤃𐤉𐤁𐤍 *Ḏaybōn; [2][3][4] Hebrew: דִּיבוֹן Dīḇōn), [a] is a Jordanian town located in Madaba Governorate, approximately 70 kilometres south of Amman and east of the Dead Sea. Previously nomadic, the modern community settled the town in the 1950s.
- Making Peoples: The Nabatean Settlement of the Dhiban Plateau and ...The archaeological research in Ataruz and Dhiban Plateau regions has provided prolific data that focuses on the Nabatean settlements and history in central Jordan. This paper summarizes and combines the results of excavations and surveys in the regions. The Nabatean...
- Dhiban Excavation and Development ProjectThe FaCE grant awarded in spring 2009 provided funding for the first season in summer 2009 of an interdisciplinary project in Jordan to develop a paleolandscape assessment of Dhiban as part of the Dhiban Excavation and Development Project (DEDP), an established archaeological project in the area.
- Dhiban Excavation and Development Project - Open ContextThe Dhiban Excavation and Development Project (DEDP) investigates the archaeology, environment, and history of Dhiban, a Middle Eastern town located today in west-central Jordan. Dhiban has been settled intermittently over the past five millennia and is today the largest town on the Dhiban Plateau.
- GtR - Research Councils UKDhiban is one of Jordan's most important archaeological sites. Made famous in the 19th century by the discovery of the Mesha Inscription and its connections to the Bible, Dhiban has been subject to systematic exploration for almost 100 years.
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