Dolmens & Menhirs of Jordan

Jordan has a large amount of Dolmens and Menhirs they are about 10,000 years old, but unfortunately they are endangered and disappearing very fast.
Menhir meaning standing stone and Dolmen meaning stone table.
They are most often standing in groups known as dolmen fields, they seem to have had a burial function and can be found in many areas in the Middle East, starting at the Turkish border in the north of Syria, close to Aleppo, down to Yemen. Their most concentrated occurrence is in a large area on both sides of the Great Rift Valley, with greater predominance on the eastern side.
A good book to read is 'Megalithic Jordan' by Gajus Scheltema.



Dolmen
Wadi al Jadida, North of Jordan.


Largest dolmen i've seen in Jordan.
Wadi al Jadida
Image by Anees Maani.


Dolmen, Rawda Area.


Row of three Dolmens, Rawda area.


Menhir in Mreighat area where a large archeological field exists with numerous Dolmens. I hope they are still there; for the last time i visited the area the miners were eating up the whole field.


A row of sixteen (i think) standing stones in Lejun area.


Dolmen in the north of Jordan.


One of the most beautiful Menhirs I've seen in Amman!
In 2005 it was threatened by digging and building on that land; so it was moved safely to a secure place but hasn't been re-erected until this day.


Shmeisani Dolmen
Also a beauty amid the shmeisani residential area, but unfortunately it was bulldozed down a couple of months ago.


Dolmen, North of Jordan.