Wadi Hammeh 27 is a Late Epipalaeolithic archaeological site in northern Jordan. It consists of the remains of a large settlement dating to the Early Natufian period, about 14,500 to 14,000 years ago.

The people of the Natufian culture were nomadic foragers, but at Wadi Hammeh 27 they built large, durable dwellings that were maintained and revisited over many generations. The excavators of the site therefore interpret it as a substantial 'base camp' and forerunner of the first sedentary villages that were established in the area in the succeeding Pre-Pottery Neolithic period. Read more ...

Thursday August 7, 2025

Long before cities rose from dust, before temples crowned hilltops, before farming ever began, something was built in silence and stone. Hidden beneath the rugged hills of Jordan lies a site that's older than we ever imagined.

What archaeologists uncovered there is now shaking the timeline of human history to its core. But the real shock isn't just when it was built, it’s why. Archaeologists found a site 3,000 years older than Gobekli Tepe and it changes everything.