Tall Hujayrat Al-Ghuzlan
Tall Hujayrat Al-Ghuzlan is an archaeological site during the Chalcolithic period that lies 4 km north of modern-day Aqaba city in Jordan. Tall Hujayrat Al-Ghuzlan and the neighboring Tall Al-Magass site in Aqaba both have extensive evidence of significant copper production and trade in the region.Overview
Archaeologists from University of Jordan discovered the site. They found a building whose walls were inscribed with human and animal drawings which suggested that the building was used as a religious site. The people who inhabited the site had developed an extensive water system for irrigating their crops. Searchers also uncovered several different-sized clay pots, suggesting that copper production was a major industry in the region. Scientific studies performed onsite revealed that it had undergone two earthquakes, with the latter one leaving the site completely destroyed.
