EB III through EB IV/Intermediate Bronze (c.2500–2000 BCE) with EBA predecessor and MB I squatter · EB III Canaanite → EB IV transitional (Intermediate Bronze) highland town

Fortified EB IV town (c.2500–2000 BCE) with double walls — only continuous EBA III→EB IV survival above 4.2kya collapse (Richard).

🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell

Tall Hisban (Heshbon)

EB through Mamluk; Iron II and Byzantine peaks · EB dolmen-builders → Iron Moab/Ammon → Nabataean → Roman/Byzantine Esbus → Mamluk

Biblical Heshbon on Dead Sea escarpment — Iron Moabite/Ammonite town to Hasmonaean, Roman Esbus, Byzantine mosaics and Mamluk farm, 15 m within 150×110 m mound.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village

Beidha

PPNB to Nabataean · PPNB Levantine to Nabataean

Pre-Pottery Neolithic B village (7200–6500 BCE) 5 km north of Petra at Siq al-Barid ('Little Petra'), first excavated by Diana Kirkbride.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village

Basta

LPPNB (Late PPNB) · Levantine LPPNB

Late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B village (7500–6800 BCE, up to 10 ha), one of the largest and highest-altitude Neolithic settlements, controlling the Petra limestone plateau.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city

Pella of the Decapolis — Tabaqat Fahl

Neolithic to Islamic (6000 BCE–1400 CE) · Canaanite / Hellenistic / Roman Decapolis / Islamic

Pella of the Decapolis — Tabaqat Fahl in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Neolithic to Islamic (6000 BCE–1400 CE) ancient-city attributed to Canaanite / Hellenistic / Roman Decapolis / Islamic.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell

Beidha — Nabataean Small Petra Extension Neolithic Tell

Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (7000–6500 BCE) then Nabataean Little Petra · PPNB then Nabataean

Beidha — Nabataean Small Petra Extension Neolithic Tell in Ma'an Governorate, Jordan is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (7000–6500 BCE) then Nabataean Little Petra tell attributed to PPNB then Nabataean.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell

Buseirah

Iron to Nabataean (c.800 BCE–200 CE; peak Edom kingdom 800–600, then Nabataean) · Edomite (Bozrah) → Nabataean → Roman Arabah

Buseirah (biblical Bozrah) is the capital of Edom — Isaiah 34 'Bozrah of Edom' — with Iron Age palace-fort, casemate and Edomite pottery (Busayra ware). Bennett...

🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell

Khirbat al-Mudayna

Iron Age (c.800–600 BCE; Moabite 800–600) · Moabite ( contemporary with Dibon, ruler Mesha? )

Khirbat al-Mudayna al-Aliya is a one-period enclosed Iron Age Moabite town (30 ha with 900-m casemate wall, 40 houses, sanctuary and reservoirs) — best-preserve...

🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell

Lehun

Iron to Nabataean (c.900 BCE–200 CE; peak Moab 900–600, Nabataean 100 BCE–100 CE) · Moabite → Nabataean → Roman

Lehun (Khirbat al-Lehun) is a Moabite hilltop fortress-citadel (1 ha) with casemate wall, extramural Iron II town (3 ha) and Nabataean temple platform on the Ke...

🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell

Volcanic Ash Sealed Village West — Jordan Valley (Amman)

Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical

Volcanic Ash Sealed Village West in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) tell attributed to Classical culture.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell

Tall el-Hammam — Kikkar Debate

Chalcolithic to Iron Age (4000–600 BCE) · Early Bronze fortified Kikkar

Tall el-Hammam — Kikkar Debate in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Chalcolithic to Iron Age (4000–600 BCE) tell attributed to Early Bronze fortified Kikkar.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell

Tell es-Sa'idiyeh North Ridge Extension — Jordan Valley

Early Bronze Age to Persian (3400–332 BCE) · Canaanite / Egyptian / Israelite

Tell es-Sa'idiyeh North Ridge Extension — Jordan Valley in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Early Bronze Age to Persian (3400–332 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Egyptian / Israelite.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Buried city

Kiln Workshop Complex North — Jordan Valley (Amman)

Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval

Kiln Workshop Complex North in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Medieval culture.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell

Rampart Buried Gate West — Jordan Valley (Amman)

Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval

Rampart Buried Gate West in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) tell attributed to Medieval culture.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Buried city

Altar Platform West

Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age

Altar Platform West in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell

Workshop Debris East — Jordan Valley — workshop-deb

Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Classical

Workshop Debris East in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) tell attributed to Classical culture.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell

Tell Deir Alla — Balaam Inscription

Late Bronze Age to Iron Age (1500–700 BCE) · Canaanite / Aramean / Israelite

Tell Deir Alla — Balaam Inscription in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Late Bronze Age to Iron Age (1500–700 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Aramean / Israelite.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city

Bab edh-Dhra — Dead Sea Plain

Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · EBA Jordan

Bab edh-Dhra — Dead Sea Plain in Karak Governorate, Dead Sea plain, Jordan is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) ancient city attributed to EBA Jordan culture.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell

Aroer

Iron to Hellenistic (c.900 BCE–100 CE; Moabite–Nabataean) · Moabite → Nabataean → Roman

Aroer (Khirbat Arair) guards the Arnon (Mujib) gorge crossing on King's Highway south of Dibon — Mesha Stele 'Aroer' taken from Gad. Fort with Iron Moabite cist...

🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city

Teleilat Ghassul — Jordan Valley

Chalcolithic (4500–3900 BCE) · Ghassulian

Teleilat Ghassul — Jordan Valley in Balqa Governorate, Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Chalcolithic (4500–3900 BCE) ancient city attributed to Ghassulian culture.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city

Numeira — Dead Sea Plain

Early Bronze III (2700–2300 BCE) · EBA

Numeira — Dead Sea Plain in Karak Governorate, Dead Sea plain, Jordan is a Early Bronze III (2700–2300 BCE) ancient city attributed to EBA culture.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village

Khirbet Iskander — EB IV

EB IV (2300–2000 BCE) · EB IV

Khirbet Iskander — EB IV in Zarqa Governorate, Wadi Iskander, Jordan is a EB IV (2300–2000 BCE) ancient village attributed to EB IV culture.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell

Tell el-Mazar — Jordan Valley Tumuli

Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (3400–600 BCE) · Canaanite / Ammonite

Tell el-Mazar — Jordan Valley Tumuli in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (3400–600 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Ammonite.

Jordan

Kinds found here

How well established

Top regions

Category

Heritage

Excavation

Tags

30 places · page 1 of 2

ʿAin Ghazal

Khirbet Iskander

Tall Hisban (Heshbon)

Beidha

Basta

Pella of the Decapolis — Tabaqat Fahl

Beidha — Nabataean Small Petra Extension Neolithic Tell

Buseirah

Khirbat al-Mudayna

Lehun

Volcanic Ash Sealed Village West — Jordan Valley (Amman)

Tall el-Hammam — Kikkar Debate

Tell es-Sa'idiyeh North Ridge Extension — Jordan Valley

Kiln Workshop Complex North — Jordan Valley (Amman)

Rampart Buried Gate West — Jordan Valley (Amman)

Altar Platform West

Workshop Debris East — Jordan Valley — workshop-deb

Tell Deir Alla — Balaam Inscription

Bab edh-Dhra — Dead Sea Plain

Aroer

Teleilat Ghassul — Jordan Valley

Numeira — Dead Sea Plain

Khirbet Iskander — EB IV

Tell el-Mazar — Jordan Valley Tumuli

Search Mysteria

Kinds found here

How well established

Top regions

Category

Heritage

Excavation

Tags

30 places · page 1 of 2