Al-Rajib

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Al-Rajib
الرجيب
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Al-Rajib
Location in Jordan
Coordinates: 31°54′N35°59′E / 31.900°N 35.983°E / 31.900; 35.983
Country Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan
Governorate Amman Governorate
Time zone UTC + 2

Al-Rajib or simply Rajib is a town in Qweismeh area of Greater Amman Municipality in northwest Jordan. [1] It's known for the Cave of the Seven Sleepers being located there.

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Archaeology

Rock-cut tombs

Excavations at Rajeb exposed three rock-cut family tombs on the southern slope of a hill east of the so-called Cave of the Seven Sleepers. [2] Each tomb has a central chamber with surrounding burial niches and, in one case, a rock-cut pit that may have held reburied remains. Benches, sarcophagus spaces and blocked doorways show the tombs were carefully planned and reused by a local group over time. [2]

The associated finds include several types of lamps (among them Herodian lamps), pottery vessels, glass, bronze ornaments, coins (among them issues of Philip the Arab) and other small metal pieces. [2] Based mainly on pottery and coins, the use of these tombs is placed between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD, with at least two main phases in one of them. [2]

References

  1. Maplandia world gazetteer
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bisheh, Ghazi (1973). "Rock-Cut Tombs at Rajib". Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan. 18: 63–67.