Faynan was occupied from the Chalcolithic age to the Byzantine period. Punon was one of the places, where Israelites visited during the Exodus. The Feinan / Faynan is believed to preserve the name of biblical Punon. - From mount Hor they moved their camp to Salmona, 42 thence to Phunon, 43 thence to Oboth, Unde egressi, venerunt in Phunon. Profectique de Phunon, castrametati sunt in Oboth1.. In Roman and Byzantine times, the site was known as Phaino. It was a site of copper mining throughout its history from the Early Bronze age to the Early Roman period.
Sources:
- Carl Ritter, The Comparative Geography of Palestine and the Sinaitic Peninsula, Ardent Media, NY 1969, pp.36-38
- E. Ben-Yosef, T. E. Levy, T. Higham, M. Najjar, and L. Tauxe, The beginning of Iron Age copper production in the southern Levant: new evidence from Khirbat al-Jariya, Faynan, Jordan, Antiquity, 2010, vol. 84, no. 325, pp. 724–746
- http://ancientneareast.tripod.com/Wadi_Feinan.html
References
- ↑Numbers 33. 41-43: From mount Hor they moved their camp to Salmona, thence to Phunon, thence to Oboth,