Tall al Khalifa
Tell el-Kheleifeh is an archaeological site in Jordan at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba immediately northwest of the city of Aqaba. Its older identification with the 10th-century port from the biblical King Solomon narrative does not stand up to newer…| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: archaeological site in Jordan
- Also known as: “Tell el-Kalifi” and “Tell el-Kheleifeh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Aqaba Church and Ayla.
Aqaba Church
Archaeological site
Photo: Bel Adone, Public domain.
Aqaba Church is a historic 3rd-century church located in Aqaba, Jordan. It was unearthed in 1998 by a group of archaeologists and is considered to be the world's oldest-known purpose-built Christian church. Aqaba Church is situated 2½ km south of Tall al Khalifa.
Ayla
Archaeological site
Aqaba is the only coastal city in Jordan and the largest and most populous city on the Gulf of Aqaba. Situated in southernmost Jordan, Aqaba is the administrative center of the Aqaba Governorate. Ayla is situated 3 km south of Tall al Khalifa.
Aqaba Archaeological Museum
Museum
Photo: Bel Adone, Public domain.
Aqaba Archaeological Museum is the official archaeological museum of the city of Aqaba in Jordan. Aqaba Archaeological Museum is situated 4 km south of Tall al Khalifa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aqaba and Eilot.
Aqaba
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aqaba is Jordan's only port city. It is on the Gulf of Aqaba in the extreme south of the country, adjacent to Eilat in Israel.
Eilot
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Eilot is the southernmost kibbutz in Israel. It is located in the Aravah Valley, near the border with Jordan. Eilot is less than a kilometer north of Eilat, and just over 3 kilometers north of the Red Sea. Eilot is situated 4½ km northwest of Tall al Khalifa.
Eilat
Photo: Chris Yunker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eilat is the only Israeli city on the Red Sea. Eilat is the southernmost town in Israel, isolated from the rest of the country by the Negev desert. It's sandwiched between Taba in Egypt and Aqaba in Jordan, and often used as an access route to those cities because of its large modern Ramon airport.
Tall al Khalifa
- Categories: archaeological site and locality
- Location: Aqaba, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.55715° or 29° 33′ 26″ northLongitude
35.00184° or 35° 0′ 7″ eastOpen location code
7GXQH242+VPOpenStreetMap ID
node 798842934OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q2402239
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Portuguese—“Tall al Khalifa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تل الخليفة”
- French: “Tell el-Kheleifeh”
- German: “Tall al-Khalifa”
- German: “Tell el-Chulefi”
- German: “Tell el-Kheleifeh”
- Hebrew: “תל אל ח’ליפה”
- Japanese: “テル・エル・ケレーフェ”
- Portuguese: “Telel Califa”
Localities in the Area
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