Ancient Amman
2021年11月26日, ヨルダン ⋅ ⛅ 12 °CAmmon, formerly known as Philadelphia and before that as Rabbah, dates to at least 7,000 BCE. In the 13rh century, it was the capital of the Ammonites. What today is known as the Citadel is located onもっと詳しく
Ammon, formerly known as Philadelphia and before that as Rabbah, dates to at least 7,000 BCE. In the 13rh century, it was the capital of the Ammonites. What today is known as the Citadel is located onもっと詳しく
There is a lot to see in Jordan. To try to do the country justice, I've decided to gather together some more or less random pictures and impressions of the country.
The 1st picture is of the Riverもっと詳しく
Known in Roman times as Gerasa or Antioch on the Golden River, settlement here dates back to neolithic times. Inscriptions attribute the founding of the city to Alexander the Great.
Ancient Jerash isもっと詳しく
These are 3 castles built in the desert east of Amman. They are old, built by different people's and for different purposes.
Pictures 1&2 are of Harana fortress that they think dates to the 7thもっと詳しく
We visited 2 small nature reserves in eastern Jordan. Both are dedication to rehabilitation projects, but their foci are very different
The 1st is the Shumari Wildlife Refuge. The primary goal hereもっと詳しく
This forest is part of the Shouf Biosphere Reserve on Shouf Mountain. This is my 1st time actually seeing the famous cedars of Lebanon in situ. The cedars of are historic and religious significanceもっと詳しく
This palace was started near the end of the 18th century and was built on a place of a Druze hermitage called Beiteddine (House of Faith). It is a place of spectacular beauty and opulence, and legendもっと詳しく
Downstairs in the Beit El Dine (see another post), in what was likely servants quarters, storage rooms, stables, etc. is a mosaic museum. Most of these are floor mosaics in amazingly good condition.もっと詳しく
Deir al Kamar is a mountain village whose name means Monastery of the Moon. The earliest record of the village is on the 13th century when some land was sold to the Teutonic Knights. It served as theもっと詳しく
Tyre is the city of the kingdom whose king was Hiram, the guy who sent cedars of Lebanon (see other posts) to Solomon for use in building the temple. It is one of the oldest cities in the world andもっと詳しく