Located in the northeastern Jordan Valley, Tell El-Hammam is one of Jordan’s most important Bronze Age archaeological sites, with a history stretching back more than 4,000 years. Excavations have revealed the remains of a large and prosperous ancient city, including towering fortification walls, gateways, administrative buildings, residential quarters, and sophisticated water-management systems that demonstrate the site’s strategic and economic importance along regional trade routes. Archaeologists have also uncovered evidence of a sudden and intense destruction event around the Middle Bronze Age, marked by a thick burn layer, melted pottery, ash, and shattered mudbrick, suggesting the city experienced an extreme high-temperature catastrophe. This dramatic destruction has led some researchers to compare the event to a cosmic airburst and has fueled debate about whether Tell El-Hammam could be connected to the biblical story of Sodom. Regardless of these interpretations, the site provides valuable insight into the rise, prosperity, and abrupt collapse of urban civilisation in the ancient Levant.