Gadara Region Project
In the Wādī al-‘Arab, one can find traces of human activities and settlement places from all periods. The surveys and excavations, which have applied the latest archaeological technologies and methods, show that the Wadi al-'Arab was inhabited from the Palaeolithic period to modern times. The outstanding natural conditions with respect to soil fertility and abundance of water made this region an extraordinarily valuable settlement area for thousands of years.
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