Jerash The ancient city of Jerash is located about about 50km from Amman. It was founded in the fourth centurey BC by the Semantic people. During its Greek colonisation it flourished as a trading centre and in the second half of the first century AD it enjoyed great prosperity from trade with caravans. Today the site of Jerash is in an excellent state of preservation as a result of it restoration and having been abandoned during the Crusades and having only been repopulated from 1878. |
Petra
Petra was once an important caravan center as capital, stronghold and
treasure-city of the Nabataeans. Petra (Greek, "city of rock") is situated
in the land of Edom, between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqabah.
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The Dead Sea We stayed at the Movenpick Resort & Spa Dead Sea Hotel and most of these photos were taken from the hotel grounds.
The Dead Sea is a lake of saline water fed by the Jordan River, surrounded by Jordan, Israel and the West Bank. The Dead Sea is the world's saltiest lake and the deepest hypersaline lake in the world. The surface of the Dead Sea is the lowest point on the Earth's surface at an elevation of 417 m below sea level.
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Jordan collection Tuesday, 07 September 2010