Aqaba Archaeological Museum (Aqaba) | archaeology museum

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Aqaba Archaeological Museum (Arabic: متحف آثار العقبة ) is the official archaeological museum of the city of Aqaba in Jordan. The museum is located in the old city of Aqaba, it lies adjacent to the historic fort of Aqaba, in the city that holds the same name in Jordan, and close to the Aqaba Flagpole. The museum houses Bronze Age artifacts that were recently discovered in the Tall Hujayrat al-Ghuzlan archaeological site near Aqaba, dating back to 4000 BC. The discovery of the Tall Hujayrat al-Ghuzlan settlement provides an important proof that Aqaba is one of the oldest continuous settlements in the region. The museum also houses a collection of artifacts from the 7th to the early 12th century AD. Some of the most known pieces of the museum's collections include a large inscription of a Quranic verse that was hanging on top of the eastern gate of the city in the 9th century, as well as golden coins that date back to the Fatimides and other coins from the kingdom of Segelmasa in Morocco.