Aqaba Archaeological Museum

Aqaba Archaeological Museum is the official archaeological museum of the city of in .
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  • Opening hours: closed
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: national museum

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Aqaba Castle and Ayla.

Castle
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The or Aqaba Fort, also known as the Mamluk Castle of , Jordan, is a Mamluk and Ottoman fortified caravanserai on the pilgrimage route to and which, in its current form, dates back mainly to the 16th century.

Archaeological site
Aqābaʾ is the only coastal city in and the largest and most populous city on the Gulf of Aqaba. Situated in southernmost Jordan, Aqaba is the administrative center of the . is situated 1 km north of Aqaba Archaeological Museum.

Archaeological site
Photo: Bel Adone, Public domain.
is a historic 3rd-century church located in , . It was unearthed in 1998 by a group of archaeologists and is considered to be the world's oldest-known purpose-built Christian church. is situated 1¼ km north of Aqaba Archaeological Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aqaba and Tall al Khalifa.

Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is 's only port city. It is on the Gulf of in the extreme south of the country, adjacent to Eilat in Israel.

Village
Tell el-Kheleifeh is an archaeological site in at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba immediately northwest of the city of . Its older identification with the 10th-century port from the biblical King Solomon narrative does not stand up to newer… is situated 4 km north of Aqaba Archaeological Museum.

Photo: Chris Yunker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the only city on the Red Sea. is the southernmost town in Israel, isolated from the rest of the country by the 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.

Aqaba Archaeological Museum

Latitude
29.52162° or 29° 31′ 18″ north
Longitude
35.00149° or 35° 0′ 5″ east
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Aqaba Archaeological Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف آثار إقليم العقبة”
  • Arabic: “متحف آثار العقبة”
  • Armenian: “Ակաբայի հնագիտական թանգարան”
  • Catalan: “Museu Arqueològic d’Àqaba”
  • Chinese: “亞喀巴考古博物館”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف آثار اقليم العقبه”
  • French: “musée archéologique d’Aqaba”
  • French: “Musée archéologique d’Aqaba”
  • Georgian: “აკაბას არქეოლოგიური მუზეუმი”
  • German: “Archäologisches Museum Akaba”
  • Hebrew: “המוזיאון הארכאולוגי בעקבה”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Archeologiczne Akaba”
  • Russian: “Археологический музей”
  • Spanish: “Museo Arqueologico de Aqaba”
  • Spanish: “Museo Arqueológico de Áqaba”
  • Uzbek: “Aqaba muzeyi”

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