Busaira (Arabic: بُصَيْرا, romanized: buṣayrā; also Busayra, Busairah or Buseirah) is a town in Tafilah Governorate, Jordan, located between the towns of Tafilah (Tophel) and Shoubak and closer to the latter.

2024年11月27日 · This fortress stood guard 3,608 feet above sea level and just 2.5 miles west of the King’s Highway (Numbers 20:17; 21:22), the major north-south trade route running the length of the ancient Transjordan between Mesopotamia and Egypt. Today, the modern village of Buseirah in Jordan is situated here.

Buseirah is Old Testament Bozrah, capital of Iron Age Edom in the 7th-6th century BC. In this photo our tour lecturer, Dr. Joe Greene of the Harvard University Semitic Museum, holds court above Area "C" of the Acropolis, a palatial residence.

2025年1月30日 · Located just 3 miles north of the Edomite capital of Bozrah (modern Buseirah) in the rugged highlands of southern Jordan is an imposing natural rock fortress that still carries the name es-Sela.

Bozrah of Edom, now Buseirah, some 20 ms. s. of the Dead Sea and half way between it and Petra. It contains about 50 houses with some ruins. First mentioned in Gen. 36:33. 2.

Busaira, also spelled Bozrah or Buseirah, is a site of significant historical and archaeological interest located in southern Jordan. This ancient city played a crucial role in the history of the Edomites, a Semitic-speaking people who inhabited the region during the Iron Age.

The modern city of Buseirah preserves the name and location of ancient Bozrah, the ancient capital of the Edomites (cf. Isa 34:6; 63:1; Jer 49:13). The earliest significant remains at Buseireh are from 800 BC. It has the largest Iron Age buildings found in Transjordan, among which was perhaps the king’s palace.

2016年6月21日 · Bozrah means “sheepfold” and was a pastoral city in Edom southeast of the Dead Sea. According to the biblical narrative it was the capital city of Edom and the homeland of Jacob’s twin brother, Esau: And these were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before the reigning of a king over the sons of Israel …

2012年2月16日 · Buseirah is Old Testament Bozrah, capital of Iron Age Edom in the 7th-6th century BC. In this photo our tour lecturer, Dr. Joe Greene of the Harvard University Semitic Museum, holds court above Area "C" of the Acropolis, a palatial residence.

Bozrah was the capital city of the Edomites, once they settled from their nomadic lifestyle. It is located in modern day Jordan along the King’s Highway. The photo below, taken from the west side looking eastward shows how the city was protected on all sides by a steep cliff.