Archaeological Sites in Jordan
Ad-Deir
(1st c. AD) A monumental building carved out of rock in Petra, Jordan. The monument is approximately 2,000 years old. [1][2]
Al-Rabba Roman and Byzantine Ruins
Al-Rabba (ancient Areopolis) is a Roman and Byzantine temple complex in Jordan's Karak Governorate, with remains dating from the 1st to 5th century AD. The site features minimal ruins of a Roman…
al-Siq
The Siq (Arabic: السِّق, "gorge") is the principal entrance to the ancient Nabatean city of Petra in southern Jordan [1]. This dim, narrow sandstone gorge winds approximately 1.2 km (0.7 mi) through…
Amman Citadel
The Amman Citadel (Jabal al-Qal'a) is an archaeological acropolis in central Amman, Jordan, occupied since the Neolithic period and fortified during the Bronze Age around 1800 BC [1][2]. The site was…
Lot's Cave
A cave and Byzantine monastic complex on a steep hillside near Ghor al-Safi, south of the Dead Sea in Jordan, traditionally identified as the refuge of the biblical Lot after the destruction of…
Odeon Theatre
The Odeon Theatre in Amman, Jordan, is a small 2nd-century Roman theatre located adjacent to the larger Roman Theatre in the city's historic downtown. Archaeologists believe it was likely covered…
Pella
Pella (Tabaqat Fahl) is an ancient city in the eastern foothills of the north Jordan Valley, continuously inhabited for over 6,000 years with the earliest settlers arriving around 7500 BC. First…
Pella
The ruins of an ancient city. It is best known for serving as the capital city of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon, and was the birthplace of Alexander the Great. On site of the ancient city is…
Petra
Petra, originally called Raqmu by its Nabataean inhabitants, served as the capital of the Nabataean Kingdom and a major center of caravan trade [1][2]. The city is renowned for its rock-cut…
Qasr Al-Abed
Qasr al-Abd is a large Hellenistic palace built in the first quarter of the second century BCE (c. 200-175 BCE) by the Tobiads, a prominent Jewish family during the Second Temple period[1]. Its ruins…
Roman Nymphaeum Amman
The Nymphaeum is a partially preserved Roman public fountain in Amman, Jordan [1].
Roman Temple of Hercules
The Temple of Hercules, also known as the Great Temple of Amman, is a Roman temple complex located on the Amman Citadel in Jordan, dating from the 2nd century AD. It was the principal temple within a…
The Archaeological Site of Jerash
Jerash, ancient Gerasa, is one of the best-preserved Greco-Roman cities in the world, earning the nickname 'Pompeii of the Middle East'. Settled from the Neolithic period (c. 7500 BCE), it was…
Umm el-Jimal
Umm el-Jimal is a multi-period archaeological site in northern Jordan, located approximately 17 km east of Mafraq. The settlement contains substantial above-ground ruins of a Byzantine and early…
Umm Qays
The site of ancient Gadara, a major Greco-Roman Decapolis city in northeastern Jordan overlooking the Sea of Galilee. Founded in the Hellenistic period, it fell to the Seleucids in 218 BC before…