Archaeologists in Jordan discover bronze and iron age remains

Archaeologists found a skeleton and other remains dating to the bronze and iron ages in the Jordan Valley, the official Petra news agency reported on Sunday.

A team from Jordan and Greece discovered the skeleton along with "with various remains of bones and pottery" dating to the bronze age, Petra said, citing Saad Al Hadidi, director of the department of antiquities in Salt, central Jordan, in charge of the dig.

Excavations in the region of Tal Al Kafrein, 38 kilometers (23 miles) south of the capital Amman, unearthed a cave containing a passage and staircases, the agency said.

They also found two floors of living quarters and brick and stone walls "in a good state", dating to the bronze age, which lasted from 3,200 to 1,950 BC, and later iron ages, Petra said.

Hadidi said that further excavations were made impossible by the presence of recent Islamic tombs nearby.