Ḩayy al Maţallah, Jordan Travel Journals & Blogs

Traveler Maschallah - Tour 2022/23
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- Mar 26, 2023, 10:49am
- 🌬 16 °C
- Altitude: 763 m
- Jordan Amman Ḩayy al Maţallah Masjid Dhū an Nūrayn 31.94587, 35.92756331°56’45” N 35°55’39” E
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Day 207
Amman, Tag 4, Jordan Museum
March 26, 2023 in Jordan ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
Wetterbericht sagt zeitweise Regen, Zeit fürs Museum.

Das Jordan Museum wurde 2014 eröffnet und ist das wichtigste Museum von Jordanien. Hier sind u.a. die Doppeköpfige Statue aus ʿAin Ghazal, (zwischen 8000 und 6000 v. Chr., vermutlich die ältesten der Welt) ausgestellt. Damals wurden 23 Statuen gefunden. Eine davon hatten wir bereits im Lovre in Abu Dabi gesehen.

Das Museum ist gut aufgebaut und zeigt tolle Exponate. Am Ende kann man seinen Namen auf Aramäisch , Nebatäisch, Griechisch und Arabisch übersetzen lassen.

Als wir wieder rauskommen hat es doch nicht geregnet und es ist wundervoll, wie hier der Frühling überall kommt.Read more
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Traveler griechisch kann man ja noch entziffern, aber die anderen Sprachen 🙈🙈
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Traveler Middle East 2022
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- Oct 12, 2022, 9:13am
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 765 m
- Jordan Amman Ḩayy al Maţallah 31.945674, 35.92756531°56’44” N 35°55’39” E
Day 10
The Jordan Museum
October 12, 2022 in Jordan ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
The Jordan Museum, built in 2014, is the biggest museum in Jordan The building itself combines the old and the new rough stones representing the past, smooth stones the present, and glass showing a view to the future.

The museum, laid out in chronological order, ranges from prehistoric times through to the modern day. Start with pre-history, and history, then move on to the Islamic Period, the Classical Period, and end at the modern day with a vision to the future.

There is a 9,500-year-old plaster statue from Ain Ghazal. Another important item is the Mesha stele, from 840 BC with Canaanite writing describing the victory of the king of Moab (now Al-Karak) over the Israelites. Other interesting exhibits include archaeological items from Petra, and Jordan’s Dead Sea Scrolls made of copper. These were on display, but photos not allowed inside the room.

I enjoyed this museum, although it had a lot of overlap with the Archaeological Museum, it had the same advantage of the clear and educational layout. I would say the artefacts are fewer in number, but perhaps more high quality and, of course, more impressively present and I would suggest this is the better choice of the two. It was very educational -- this is the place to come to learn about all the ages in prehistory ass well as get the more recent history and culture of Jordan and the Bedu.Read more
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Greece, Egypt and Jordan
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- Jan 14, 2023, 11:00am
- ⛅ 10 °C
- Altitude: 2,510 ft
- Jordan Amman Ḩayy al Maţallah 31.945475, 35.92960231°56’44” N 35°55’47” E
Day 25
A visit to The Jordan Museum
January 14, 2023 in Jordan ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
At breakfast this morning (same as yesterday minus the hummus but with a jug of American coffee ☕ - hoorah!), we met a fellow passenger on our Intrepid trip. She arrived late last night. Her name is Ethna (may need to check the spelling on that 😅). She is originally from Bristol but now lives in Vienna where she works as a conference interpreter. She was planning a visit to the citadel today with another member of our group - Darren.

We were in no rush to get going this morning so I did my posts and we pottered around, eventually leaving the hotel at about 11. On the way down, we stopped at the mosaic place again. We had a lovely chat with Mohammed, the owner (what a nice man!) and I booked a mosaic class for Monday - another new craft to learn!

We continued downtown and went looking for the Duke's Dirwan, the oldest house I Amman. We found it, but unfortunately it is closed for renovation.

So, we carried on to the Jordan Museum. It is a new state-of-the-art facility which only opened in 2014. It is the largest museum in Jordan and houses the country's most important archaeological finds.

Just inside the entrance is a hall containing displays about Jordan today - its people, its resources, its economy, etc. It was all very interesting.

The museum's historical artefacts are arranged in chronological order so it's easy to get a sense of how the country and the region evolved. Highlights among all the exhibits are the Dead Sea Scrolls and the 9000 year old Ain Ghazal statues which are probably the oldest human statues ever made. Incredible!!

On the first floor at the moment is a temporary exhibition showcasing 1001 inventions by Muslims throughout history. It was fascinating and full of interactive displays which were fun for adults and children alike. It was a bit weird, though, that many of the videos were presented by Ben Kingsley dressed as a 10th century Muslim inventor but speaking with a clipped British accent 😂

We left feeling very impressed with the museum as a whole.

When we came out of the museum, it had been raining 🌧. Luckily, we had missed the downpour!Read more
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Traveler Jordanien und Israel
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- Oct 26, 2018, 8:00am
- 🌬 13 °C
- Altitude: 829 m
- Jordan Amman Ḩayy al Maţallah 31.94272, 35.9270531°56’34” N 35°55’37” E
Day 5
Amman, Jordanien
October 26, 2018 in Jordan ⋅ 🌬 13 °C
Die König-Abdullah-Moschee ist eine bedeutende Moschee in Amman, Jordanien. Die Moschee wurde zwischen 1982 und 1986 im Auftrag von König Hussein I. gebaut und nach seinem Großvater Abdallah ibn Husain I., dem Emir und ersten König von Jordanien, benannt.Read more
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