Jordan Archive

AncientPages.com - Twelve skeletons have been found in a large, 2,000-year-old tomb directly in front of the Khazneh (“Treasury”) in the city of Petra in Jordan. Alongside them, excavators

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists have discovered a Neolithic ornate necklace in a child's grave in Jordan. According to a new study, this single accessory provides new

Jan Bartek  - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists at the University of Oxford’s School of Archaeology have used satellite imagery to identify and map over 350 monumental hunting structures known

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Britain has still not returned thirty Stone Age statues that were taken for restoration in 1990. According to Daifallah Hdeithat, the head of

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - It may not be possible to trace the game of chess with absolute certainty, but the popularity of this board game goes back thousands

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The evidence gathered from Petra, the Negev Desert and Dead Sea region proved the presence of Nabataean culture long after 2nd century AD and

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Thousands of Thamudic petroglyphs are scattered all over the area of the Wadi Rum, just south of the famous rose-red city of Petra, in

AncientPages.com - Using Google Earth satellite images, researchers from the University of Western Australia have discovered four hundred strange formations located in west-central part of Saudi Arabia. In the

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Magnificent ancient city of Petra was first inhabited by a Semitic-speaking tribe of the Edomites, mentioned in the Bible as descendants of Esau, the

AncientPages.com - The Citadel of Machaerus - a fortified hilltop palace - was built upon a conical peak of basalt, located in Jordan fifteen miles (24 km) southeast of

AncientPages.com - Evidence for ancient and prehistoric astronomy exists but most of it is indirect and rather hidden. The Nabataeans watched the sky systematically and accurately and the proof