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Archaeological & historic sites in Jordan
Jordan has 41 archaeological & historic sites on Detourmap — ancient ruins, tombs, ghost towns, shipwrecks, catacombs, mines, battlefields and crash sites. The best known is Petra. All of them are below.
- Archaeological
- 41
- Oldest
- Ayn Ghazal 7300 BC
- Little known
- 30 of 41
- Most from
- 1st century
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22.Qasr Usaykhim
Archaeological · 1st century · Hidden gem
Nabatean/Roman fortress located in the East of Jordan
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29.Al-Mudawara Castle
Archaeological · 15th century · Hidden gem
Desert castle in the South of Jordan
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32.Roman castra of Dajaniya
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological site in Ma'an Governorate, Jordan
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40.Khirbet Yajouz archaeological site
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological site in Greater Amman Municipality, Jordan
Questions about this page
How many archaeological & historic sites are there in Jordan?
41 on this map, out of 14,002 worldwide. That is what Wikidata records for Jordan with coordinates, a photograph and a Wikipedia article — the real number on the ground is larger, and for some countries much larger.
What is the best known of the archaeological & historic sites in Jordan?
Petra, 8th century BC. Ancient rock-cut historical city in Jordan.
Which is the oldest?
Ayn Ghazal, dated to 7300 BC. 9 of these 41 carry a founding date, 7 of them from before the year 1000.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.