Tell Abu Al Kharaz: The Bronze Age Stronghold

Tell Abu Al Kharaz: The Bronze Age Stronghold

AMMAN — Located just five kilometres from the Jordan River in the heart of the Jordan Valley, Tell Abu Al Kharaz stands as a testament to the strategic brilliance of its ancient inhabitants. Chosen in the latter part of the 4th millennium BC, this site offered a natural advantage, providing unparalleled defence and control over a large expanse of the valley.

Archaeological excavations conducted by Egyptian researchers from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) at the Tell Abu Saifi site in northern Sinai, Egypt have uncovered three ancient forts. Located in a strategically key part of the Sinai Peninsula, the fortresses secured the eastern border of ancient Egypt. The structures discovered at the site are part of a wider complex of fortifications dating back to the Ptolemaic and Roman periods of …