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World Heritage hydraulic works in Jordan · Mysteria

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World Heritage hydraulic works in Jordan

2 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.

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Verified14 Widely accepted1 Contested0 Hypothetical0 Unverified0 Pseudoarchaeology0

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Hydraulic works15 Archaeological wonders7 Ancient cities5 Dams3 Aqueducts2 Qanats2

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🇯🇴Jordan15

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Excavated5 Partially excavated5 Excavation ongoing3 Unexcavated2

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hydraulic7 jawa6 basalt4 nabataean4 proto urban3 qanat3 black desert2

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🇯🇴 Jordan

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🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works

Petra Siq Hydraulic Channel

Nabataean Hellenistic–Roman ~100 BCE–106 CE · Nabataean Arab (Hellenistic)

Siq slot-canyon's paired Nabataean canals and flood-tunnel still draining Petra's gorge.

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🇯🇴 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.