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Jordan is a country in the Near East bordered by Israel, Syria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia which was part of the Land of Canaan in ancient times. The country is named for the River Jordan which flows between modern-day Jordan and Israel and whose...

This Latin inscription gives us clues about an ancient Roman fort and settlement in modern-day Aqaba, southern Jordan. This rare discovery was found in 2013 CE. It weighs about 225 kilograms and was mounted on the fort's main gate, as a tribute...

These dolmens (which date back to the Early Bronze Age, c. 3600 BCE) were brought from the Damiya Field in the Jordan Valley to protect them from modern development in their original site. Conserved and on display at the Jordan Museum, Amman...

Nomadic people left tens of thousands of inscribed rocks, like this one, across Jordan desserts, written in Safaitic, an Arabian dialect. This rock playfully shows a woman playing the flute. The inscription reads "By Aqraban, son of Kasit...

The term "Mycenaean" is derived from the site of Mycenae; it refers to the culture of Greece during the Middle and Late Bronze Ages. Mycenaean imports greatly increased around 1400 BCE and were mostly stirrup vessels, pyxides, and piriform...

Stamps on pottery vessels may refer to the makers or owners. They may also be trademarks that record capacity or content. The handles of amphorae from the Mediterranean island of Rhodes carried stamps indicating the quality of their contents...

These distinctive small juglets belong to the "Tell el-Yahudiyeh Ware", named after the Egyptian site where they were first discovered, although this type of ware was produced elsewhere. The juglets are of a dark color, burnished black or...

Although known by this term, the pottery is not technically glazed. It evolved from the Greek Attic "Red-on-Black" pottery, but the images of heroes and gods that made the Attic vases famous were replaced by vegetal and simple geometric motifs...

Safaitic inscriptions on basalt rocks. 1st century BCE to 4th century CE. Jordan Desert or Al Harr’a.

The Jordan Desert, aka Al Harr’a Desert, the location of many c. 1000 BCE Safaitic inscriptions.