Ajlun Archaeological Museum

The Ajlun Archaeological Museum was established in 1993, inside one of the halls of the Ajlun castle. The castle, on the west side of the city, was built in 1184 by ‘Izz al-Din Usama ibn Munqidh’ a commander and nephew of Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi (Saladin). Archaeological investigations in the Ajlun district are limited. During the past few years they concentrated on surveys with limited excavations at Wadi al-Yabis and Wadi ‘Ajlun-Kufrenjeh, in addition to the excavations at Tell Abu Sarbut in the northern Jordan Valley. The showcases at the Ajlun Archaeological Museum contain exhibits from the following periods: The pre-pottery Neolithic A (8300-730...

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