🇯🇴Jordan

🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph

Jabal Wisad Southwest Wadi Throat Kites (Wadi Wisad Narrows)

Pre-Pottery Neolithic B–C (7000–5800 BCE) · Late PPNB/PPNC

Wadi throat where Wadi Wisad narrows to 45 m between basalt bluffs 8 km southwest of plateau (675 m).

🇯🇴 Jordan · Temple complex

Petra — Qasr al-Bint North Podium Niche

Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture

Petra — Qasr al-Bint North Podium Niche in Ma'an, Petra, Qasr al-Bint, Jordan is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to M…

🇯🇴 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 · Tell

Tall Jalul

EBA through Mamluk; Iron II peak · Moabite/Ammonite frontier → Persian Yehud fringe → Byzantine

Madaba Plains giant tell (18 ha) — Iron Ammonite pillared building, 9th c. destruction and Persian reoccupation, largest in Jordan’s Madaba Plains.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works

Petra — Ad-Deir Ancillary Cistern Terrace

Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture

Petra — Ad-Deir Ancillary Cistern Terrace in Ma'an, Petra, Ad-Deir, Jordan is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed to Hydraul…

🇯🇴 Jordan · Megalith

Johfiyeh

Johfiyeh (Arabic: جُحفية) also spelled Johfiyah, Juhfiyah or Juhfiyeh, is a historical village in northern Jordan, located 80 kilometers north of the capital Amman and about 7.5 km southwest of the…

🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder

Madaba

Madaba (Arabic: مادبا, romanized: Mādaba or Arabic: مأدبا, romanized: Maʾdaba) is the capital city of Madaba Governorate in central Jordan, with a population of about 60,000.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city

Umm ar-Rasas (Kastron Mefaa)

Roman to Umayyad (3rd–8th c CE; Byzantine peak 5th–8th c) · Roman / Byzantine / Ghassanid / Umayyad

Desert frontier city on Via Nova Traiana, Umm ar-Rasas contains Roman castrum, five Byzantine churches with superb mosaic floors, and the intact 14×6 m mosaic map in St Stephen's Church (718 CE) –…

🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph

Maitland's Mesa Eastern Wadi Arm Kites (Wadi al-Qattafi East Arm Spur)

PPNB–Late Neolithic (7100–5500 BCE) · PPNB–Late Neolithic

Eastern spur of Wadi al-Qattafi system 8 km east of Maitland's Mesa (685 m) toward Jibal al-Khashabiyeh kite corridor (Kennedy).

🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village

Ain Ghazal — Plaster Statue Cache East

Neolithic to Chalcolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic

Ain Ghazal — Plaster Statue Cache East in Amman Governorate, Ayn Ghazal, Jordan is a Neolithic to Chalcolithic (6000–3000 BCE) ancient village attributed t…

🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph

Wadi al-Qattafi West Mesa Escarpment Kites (Western Escarpment M-2 Chain)

PPNB (7300–6500 BCE) · PPNB

Western escarpment of Wadi al-Qattafi headwaters (695 m) where wadi initiates in southcentral basalt fields (Toms 2021).

🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell

Tell Nimrin (Tell esh-Shuna North vicinity)

Chalcolithic-Iron Age (c.5000-600 BCE) · Levantine EBA to Iron Age (Jordan Valley)

Tell Nimrin (Tell esh-Shuna North vicinity) — buried chalcolithic-iron tell/village at Balqa Governorate.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Temple complex

Temple of Bailey

Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic

Temple of Bailey in Ma'an Governorate, Jordan is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) temple complex attributed to Hellenistic culture.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell

Deir Alla

Late Bronze to Islamic (c.1600 BCE–1400 CE; peak Iron 1200–760 BCE, Balaam c.800) · LB Canaanite → Iron Ammon/Gilead → Persian → Hellenistic

Deir Alla in Jordan Valley is famed for 1967 Balaam inscription — plaster wall with earliest Aramaic/Hebrew prophetic text 'Balaam son of Beor, seer of the gods...

🇯🇴 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 · Ancient city

Qasr Burquʿ

Late Roman/Byzantine to Umayyad · Roman/Byzantine → Umayyad Arab

Black basalt desert castle (qasr) on the shores of seasonal Burqu Lake and Roman strata — possibly Byzantine Valentinian outpost incorporated into Umayyad qusur (~700 CE) — isolated in Harra basalt…

🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works

Ceys Channel — Jerash (Gerasa) Hadrianic Water Conduit

Roman Hadrianic (129 – 130 CE) with Byzantine reuse · Roman Gerasene Gerasa Decapolis under Hadrian

9 km Hadrianic Ceys Channel 130 CE to Gerasa reservoir above Cardo at 610 m.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village

Chumash Plank Canoe Workshop West

Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age

Chumash Plank Canoe Workshop West in Harrat al-Sham, Jordan is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) ancient village attributed to Iron Age culture.

🇯🇴 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

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...