🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Wadi Hammeh
Epipalaeolithic to PPNA (c.15,000–11,000 BP) · Kebaran → Natufian → PPNA
Jordan Valley Natufian–PPNA rock-shelter cluster (c.15–11 ka, Kebaran→Natufian hamster, early barley).
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city
Basta Late PPNB Town Two Storey
Late PPNB · Late PPNB Mega-site
Basta Late PPNB Town Two Storey at Ma'an, Basta, Jordan is a Late PPNB ancient city of the Late PPNB Mega-site tradition, built c. 7000 BCE for mega-site town 14 ha two-storey houses.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Jabal Ithnayn Kites (Twin Peaks Kite Pass)
PPNB to Late Neolithic · Badia Neolithic peak-pass hunters
Jabal Ithnayn twin-peak gap: 5 kites using two 35-m basalt peaks as natural funnel walls.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Jabal Wisad West Hamada Kites (Western Piedmont Lines)
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (7200–6200 BCE) · PPNB Black Desert hunters
West hamada piedmont 6 km west of Jabal Wisad inselberg (690 m) on flat basalt pavement with scattered chert.
🇯🇴 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 · 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 · 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 · 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
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 · Ancient city
Workshop Debris East — Jordan Valley (Amman)
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Workshop Debris East in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient 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.