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  • Jawa Dam

  • Jawa Dam

    The Jawa Dam is the remains of an ancient masonry gravity dam on Wadi Rajil at Jawa in Mafraq Governorate, Jordan. It is the oldest known dam in the world, dating back to the fourth millennium BC. The dam was part of a water supply system that included other smaller dams, channels and deflectors across the wadi to support the short lived local town of Jawa.
    Archaeological Site
    Jawa Dam
    by Bashar Tabbah, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Jawa Dam

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    Bridges and Water Structures

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    Jordan

    Mafraq

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    Fourth Millennium BC

    Bronze Age

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