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World Heritage ancient villages in Jordan · Mysteria

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World Heritage ancient villages in Jordan

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🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village

Beidha

PPNB to Nabataean · PPNB Levantine to Nabataean

Pre-Pottery Neolithic B village (7200–6500 BCE) 5 km north of Petra at Siq al-Barid ('Little Petra'), first excavated by Diana Kirkbride.

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🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder

Qasr Amra

Umayyad Caliphate (c.711–715 CE) · Umayyad Arab / Byzantine influence

Umayyad desert castle bathhouse (qasr) built by Caliph Walid I (705–715 CE) famous for extensive frescoes: vaulted audience hall with hunting scenes, musicians, six kings (Byzantine, Sasanian,…