Tell el-Hammam
Archaeological site in Jordan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tell el-Hammam (also Tall al-Hammam) is an archaeological site in the Amman Governorate of Jordan, in the eastern part of the lower Jordan Valley 11.7 kilometers east of the Jordan River and not far from its mouth. It lies 12.6 kilometers northeast of the Dead Sea. The site has substantial remains from the Chalcolithic, Early, Intermediate and Middle Bronze Age, and from Iron Age II. There are different attempts at identifying the site with a biblical city. The Hammam Megalithic Field lies nearby. Other archaeological sites in the vicinity include Tall Nimrin, Tall Bleibel, Tall Mustah, Tall Iktanu, Tall Tahouna, Tall Barakat, Tall Kafrayn, and Tall Rama.
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تل الحمام | |
Alternative name | Tall al-Hammam |
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Location | Jordan |
Region | Amman Governorate |
Coordinates | 31.8402°N 35.6737°E / 31.8402; 35.6737 |
History | |
Cultures | Chalcolithic, Early Bronze Age, Middle Bronze Age, Late Bronze Age, Roman Age, Byzantine, Umayyad |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 1975–1976, 1990, 2005-2016 |
Archaeologists | Kay Prag, Steven Collins |