Lehun ( Arabic: الياهون, romanized: 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.[ citation needed]
31°27′36″N 35°50′59″E / 31.4601°N 35.8496°E
Lehun ( Arabic: الياهون, romanized: 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.[ citation needed]
31°27′36″N 35°50′59″E / 31.4601°N 35.8496°E