Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the most promising talls of palestine”. Today it says “archaeological tell in jordan”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Tall Zira'a in Spring 2007 The Tall Zira'a (also Tell Zera'a and Tall Zar‘a) ( Arabic : تلّ زَرعة ) is an archaeological tell in Jordan . Surveys and geophysical investigations showed the site's great potential for excavations. Tall Zira´a contains evidence of over 5000 years of settlement – almost without cultural gaps, at the point at which the Syrian cultural sphere meets the Palestinian. Its almost continuous stratigraphy from Early Bronze Age to the Islamic periods can possibly demonstrate the history of northeast Jordan. Tall Zira'a lies about 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) south-west of the ancient Decapolis city of Gadara and is situated at the confluence of the Wadi el-'Arab and its tributary, the Wadi az-Zahar.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The Wadi el-'Arab and the Tall Zira'a in Spring 2007 The Tall Zira'a in Spring 2008 The Tall Zira'a (or: Tell Zera'a) is one of the most promising talls of Palestine. Surveys and geophysical investigations showed the site’s great potential for excavations. Presumably, an almost continuous stratigraphy from Early Bronze Age to the Islamic periods will demonstrate the history of northeast Jordan.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
The Wadi el-'Arab and the Tall Zira'a in Spring 2007 The Tall Zira'a (or: Tell Zera'a) is an archaeological tell in Jordan . Surveys and geophysical investigations showed the site's great potential for excavations. Tall Zira´a contains evidence of over 5000 years of settlement – almost without cultural gaps, at the point at which the Syrian cultural sphere meets the Palestinian.Its almost continuous stratigraphy from Early Bronze Age to the Islamic periods can possibly demonstrate the history of northeast Jordan.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
The Wadi el-'Arab and the Tall Zira'a in Spring 2007 The Tall Zira'a (or: Tell Zera'a) ( ) is an archaeological tell in Jordan . Surveys and geophysical investigations showed the site's great potential for excavations. Tall Zira´a contains evidence of over 5000 years of settlement – almost without cultural gaps, at the point at which the Syrian cultural sphere meets the Palestinian. Its almost continuous stratigraphy from Early Bronze Age to the Islamic periods can possibly demonstrate the history of northeast Jordan.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Archaeological site in Jordan The Wadi el-'Arab and the Tall Zira'a in Spring 2007 The Tall Zira'a (or: Tell Zera'a) ( ) is an archaeological tell in Jordan . Surveys and geophysical investigations showed the site's great potential for excavations. Tall Zira´a contains evidence of over 5000 years of settlement – almost without cultural gaps, at the point at which the Syrian cultural sphere meets the Palestinian. Its almost continuous stratigraphy from Early Bronze Age to the Islamic periods can possibly demonstrate the history of northeast Jordan.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the most promising talls of palestine”. Today it says “archaeological tell in jordan”. Read the current article and compare.
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one of the most promising talls of palestine
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archaeological tell in jordan
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