Aqaba was one of the ancient centres of metallurgy, the process of working metals into tools, according to a German archaeologist. “The Southern Levant is a hub for early metallurgy and has really spectacular sites from a very early time — for instance the copper mines at Wadi Faynan,” said Florian Klimscha, who is affiliated with the State Museum of Lower Saxony. “Tell Hujayrat Al Ghuzlan and its neighbouring site ...