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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dolmens at Wadi Jadid Alternative Name: Wadi Jadidah, Wadi JideidCountry: Jordan
NOTE: This site is 4.043 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Nearest Town: Madaba Nearest Village: Al Fiha
Latitude: 31.730550N Longitude: 35.720070E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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On the slopes of the mountains, overlooking the valley is one of the largest groups of dolmens (over 150), in relatively good condition, although many are plundered, and containing probably the largest dolmens in Jordan. They seem mostly built directly on the bedrock. There are also numerous caves, a few menhirs and many low stone alignments.
More information from motist:
In July 2007 i toured the Madaba area with Dr. Uzi Avner and visited Wadi Jadid Dolmen field about 10 KM South west of Madaba ,beside the survey of the Dolmen's we discovered in the field an ancient wine press which not was accounted in the archaeological reports, and also some menhirs.
Wadi Jadid located within 10 km to the south west of Madaba city at Al Fiha village. This Wadi is a field of dolmens (Burial Chambers or large stone memorials), where you could see more than 40 dolmens (12 of them standing in a very good condition) and the rest are damaged probably by earthquakes. Also there are several menhirs, cupholes and stone alignments as well. Those dolmens dating to around 3000 B.C about 5000 years old, from the Early Bronze Age I.
The locals there belived that dolmens are the houses of ghosts, they called it in Arabic Bit Al Ghula.
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