Amuq
 Shown within Turkey
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| Location | Antakya, Turkey |
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| Coordinates | 36°20′N 36°20′E / 36.33°N 36.33°E |
| Type | Cluster of Tells |
| History | |
| Periods | PPNB, Neolithic |
| Site notes | |
| Condition | Ruins |
| Public access | Yes |
The Amik, Amuk, or Amuq Valley (Arabic: الأعماق al-A’maq) is located in the southern part of Turkey, in the Hatay Province, close to the city of Antakya (Antioch on the Orontes). Along with Dabiq in north western Syria, it is believed to be one of the future sites of the battle of Armageddon according to Islamic eschatology.
It is notable for a series of archaeological sites in the "plain of Antioch". The primary sites of the series are Tell al-Judaidah, Çatalhöyük (Amuq) (not to be confused with Çatalhöyük in Anatolia), Tell Tayinat, Tell Kurdu, Alalakh, and Tell Dhahab. Tell Judaidah was surveyed by Robert Braidwood and excavated by C. MacEwan of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago in the 1930s.
Abu Hurayrah, a companion of the Prophet Muhammad, reported in a hadith that the Prophet said:
The Last Hour would not come until the Romans land at al-A’maq or in Dabiq. An army consisting of the best (soldiers) of the people of Earth at that time will come from Medina (to counteract them).
Islamic scholars and hadith commentators suggest that the word Romans refers to Christians. The hadith further relates the subsequent Muslim victory, followed by the peaceful takeover of Constantinople with invocations of takbir and tasbih, and finally the defeat of the Anti-Christ following the return and descent of Jesus Christ. Other hadiths relate the appearance of Imam Mahdi immediately before the Second Coming of Jesus.
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