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Middle East, Aqaba

Aqaba

Old-town shorefront

Tidal foreshore Inferred from historyGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: Possible Ottoman/WWI-adjacent glass; more likely mid-century port glass.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1750-1950

Ottoman garrison, WWI Arab Revolt prize, century of port traffic; no documented digs found.

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