Wonderfully preserved pieces of a column taken at Amman Citadel 2014 photograph by Dodi Tabbaa Towering above downtown Amman, the site of the earliest fortifications is now subject to numerous excavations which have revealed remains from the Middle Bronze Age (2nd mill. BC) and the Iron Age (8th century BC), as well as from Hellenistic (2nd century BC) and late Roman to Arab Islamic Ages. http://www.atlastours.net/jordan/the_citadel.html