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Partially excavated world heritage places tagged “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 · Ancient city

Umm ar-Rasas (Kastron Mefaa)

Roman to Umayyad (3rd–8th c CE; Byzantine peak 5th–8th c) · Roman / Byzantine / Ghassanid / Umayyad

Desert frontier city on Via Nova Traiana, Umm ar-Rasas contains Roman castrum, five Byzantine churches with superb mosaic floors, and the intact 14×6 m mosaic map in St Stephen's Church (718 CE) –…