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  • Tell Hammeh

  • Tell Hammeh

    Tell Hammeh is a relatively small tell in the central Jordan Valley, located where the Zarqa River valley opens into the Jordan Valley. It is the site of the earliest bloomery smelting of iron, from around 930 BC.
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    Elevation: -189 m

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    Second Millennium BC

    Bronze Age

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