Places matching “Jordan”

🇯🇴 Jordan · Fortress

Humayma

Humayma (Arabic: الحميمة, romanized: al-Humayma) also spelled Humeima and Humaima, is the modern name of ancient Hawara.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder

Iraq ed-Dubb (Ain Hashara)

Early to Late Natufian (13,500–11,500 BP) · Natufian

Natufian rockshelter with earliest escarpment plant cultivation and cult basin prefiguring PPN shrines.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Fortress

Kerak Castle

historical castle in Jordan

🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell

Khirbet Iskander

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 · Archaeological wonder

Khirbet Yajouz

4th century

Khirbet Yajouz (or Khirbet Mudraj) is an archaeological site in Shafa Badran area, located 11 km northeast of Amman, Jordan. An ancient Roman city was built on the site around the 4th century CE.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder

Khirbet edh-Dharih (Arabic: خربة الذريح) is a multi-period archaeological site which mainly flourished during the Nabataean period, when a prosperous settlement with a religious sanctuary stood there.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder

Khirbet en-Nahas

Khirbet en-Nahas, also spelled Khirbat en-Nahas, is one of the largest copper mining and smelting sites of the ancient world, built around 3,000 years ago.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder

Little Petra

archaeological site in Jordan

🇯🇴 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.