Ancient World

Deir Alla

Deir Alla (Arabic: دير علا) is the site of an ancient Near Eastern town in Balqa Governorate, Jordan. The Deir Alla Inscription, datable to c. 840–760 BCE, was found here. On 20 August 2010, it recorded a temperature of 51.1 °C (124.0 °F), the new official highest temperature in the history of Jordan.

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• ▸Chew Green
• ▸Council of Chalcedon
• ▸Archaeoparasitology

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