In 1964 Dr. James Pritchard turned his attention to the Jordanian site of Tell es-Sa'idiyeh, identified as the biblical city of Zarethan. The site lies at the heart of the central Jordan Valley, at the intersection of two major trade routes, and was occupied from the early Bronze Age through the seventh century A.D. In two seasons of excavations, Pritchard found a cemetery used in the late Bronze and early Iron Age (ca. 1250-1150 B.C.E.) as well as city remains from the Iron Age (9th-8th century BCE. The rich burials at Tell es-Sa'idiyeh contained bronze vessels, jewelry of gold and precious stones, and imported and locally produced pottery, much of which shows considerable influence from Egypt.