Amuq valley

Amuk, Amuq, Amouq

Shown within Turkey
Location	Antakya, Turkey
Coordinates	36°20′N 36°20′E / 36.33°N 36.33°E / 36.33; 36.33
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.