Bab edh-Dhra

Bab edh-Dhra is the site of an Early Bronze Age city located near the on the south bank of the of with dates in the EB IB, EB II, EB III, and EB IVA. Bab edh-Dhra was discovered in 1924 on an expedition led by William F. Albright.
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Photo: Ana al’ain, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Potash City and Dead Sea.

Village
is a small town in near the southeastern shore of the . It is located near the salt mining facilities of Arab Potash, a company mainly involved in harvesting minerals from the Dead Sea.

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The has its eastern coast in . It is the lowest point in the world at 439.78 metres below sea level.

Bab edh-Dhra

Latitude
31.25438° or 31° 15′ 16″ north
Longitude
35.53403° or 35° 32′ 3″ east
Open location code
8G3Q7G3M+PJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3637064328
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q797529
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Bab edh-Dhra” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باب الذراع”
  • Bulgarian: “Баб ед-Дра”
  • Catalan: “Bab edh-Dhra”
  • Dutch: “Bab edh-Dhra”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “باب الذراع”
  • French: “Bab edh-Dhra”
  • German: “Bab edh-Dhra”
  • Hebrew: “באב א-ד’ראע”
  • Japanese: “バブ・エ・ドゥラー”
  • Polish: “Bab edh-Dhra”
  • Romanian: “Bab edh-Dhra”
  • Serbian: “Баб ед-Дра”
  • Spanish: “Bab edh-Dhra”
  • “Bab edh-Dhra”

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