Tell el-Hammam
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Tell el-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
Tell el-Hammam overlooking the Jordan Valley
Tall el-Hammam Excavation-Jordan Valley
Chalcolithic
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The Chalcolithic was an archaeological period characterized by the increasing use of smelted copper. It followed the Neolithic and preceded the Bronze Age. It occurred at different periods in differen
Tell el-Hammam
…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…
Levant Chalcolithic male figurine, 4500–3500 BC
A painting of a Copper Age walled settlement, Los Millares, Spain