Period · c. 3600 – 1200 BC

Bronze Age

In the Bronze Age, villages in Jordan grew into walled towns and dolmen fields were raised on the hillsides. Here you’ll find Jawa in the basalt desert, the Damiya dolmens, Tell Deir Alla and Tell el-Hammam in the Jordan Valley, and Pella, which was lived in through much of this time.

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Travel guide Jawa Eastern Desert, 130 km north-east of Amman Travel guide Pella (Tabqet Fahel) Tabaqat Fahl, 4 km east of Jordan Valley Highway Profile Al Lahun Bronze Age · Iron Age +530 min Profile Damiya Dolmen Field Bronze Age1 hr Profile Hesban Rocks Bronze Age1 hr Profile Jawa Bronze Age1 hr UNESCO Tentative List Profile Pella (Tabqet Fahel) Neolithic Age · Bronze Age +62 hr Profile Tell Deir Alla Bronze Age · Iron Age30 min Profile Tell El-Hammam Bronze Age30 min Profile Tell El-Mazar Bronze Age · Iron Age30 min UNESCO Tentative List Profile · Pella Canaanite Temple Bronze Age · Iron Age20 min UNESCO Tentative List Profile · Pella Tell al-Husn Bronze Age · Roman Period +11 hr Tour Expedition to JAWA and Umm El-Jimal 7–8 hrfrom $250 Tour Full-Day Private Tour to Ajloun Castle and Pella 6–7 hrfrom $195 360° 360° photo 360° Panorama of Al-Lahun Archaeological Site Al-Lahun 360° 360° photo 360° View of Tell Deir Alla Archaeological Site Tell Deir Alla 360° 360° photo Ancient City of Jawa: 360° Panorama Jawa 360° 360° photo Ancient Dolmen in the Jordan Valley: 360 Panorama Damiya Dolmen Field 360° 360° photo Canaanite Temple, Pella: 360° Panorama Canaanite Temple, Pella 360° 360° photo Exploring Ancient Tell El-Mazar in 360° Tell El-Mazar 360° 360° photo Hesban Rocks: 360° Panorama of Prehistoric Stone Monuments Hesban Rocks 360° 360° photo Tell El-Hammam – A Bronze Age Powerhouse: 360° Panorama Tell El-Hammam 3D 3D walk-through Damiya Dolmen Field – 3D Virtual Walk-through Damiya Dolmen Field, Jordan Valley7 stops 3D 3D walk-through Hesban Rocks – 3D Virtual Walk-through Hesban Rocks, Tell Hisban4 stops 3D 3D walk-through Pella – 3D Virtual Walk-through Pella (Tabqet Fahel)8 stops Photo album Al-Lahun: What You Can See Today Al-Lahun11 photos Photo album Exploring the Damiya Dolmens and Rock-Cut Tombs Damiya Dolmen Field, Jordan Valley49 photos Photo album Hesban Rocks: Tracing Prehistoric Stone Monuments Beyond Tell Hisban Hesban Rocks, Tell Hisban22 photos Photo album Jawa: A Town of the Black Desert in Photos Jawa, Eastern Desert41 photos Photo album Pella: An Ancient City in the Jordan Valley in Photos Pella, North & Jordan Valley155 photos Photo album Tell El-Hammam: A Mysterious Ancient City in Jordan Tell El-Hammam21 photos Travel article A Father-and-Daughter Adventure to the Damiya Dolmen Field 28 May 2026 Travel article Jordan’s Ancient City of Pella 25 Sep 2023 Travel article Jawa – the Oldest Settlement in Jordan 24 Sep 2023
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