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Bronze Age Town of Al-Natah Represents ‘Slow Urbanism,’ Archaeologists Say


Northwestern Arabia -- the region between Mecca and Aqaba -- during the Bronze Age was dotted with interconnected monumental walled oases centered around small fortified towns such as the recently-discovered town of al-Natah in Khaybar Oasis, the Saudi Arabian province of Medinah.

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