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Desert Castles " Qaser El-Azraq " |
Is an Oasis settlement lying along the caravan route from the Arabian Peninsula to Syria and Jordan. The fort is made of black basalt and is assumed to have been first built in the late Roman period, and rebuilt during the Ayyubids. |
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Desert Castles "Qaser El-Hallabat " |
is a 44 meter square fort with four large rectangular towers. Within its perimeter once stood a smaller fortress of 16 square meters. The fortress was built as far back as the 2nd Century and totally renovated in the Umayyad period. |
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Desert Castles " Qasr Mushatta " |
Situated within Amman International Airport's perimeter, Mushatta is one of the most lavish Umayyad palaces ever built. The colossal yellow brick walls 144meters in each direction. Understandably, the palace was never completed. |
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Um El-Jimal |
One Of the Decapolis Cities, on the edge of the stark, black basalt region of northeast of Jordan, Um El Jimal is one of the area ’s most impressive and eerie monuments of ancient civilizations. The town is filled with the remains of many black basalt stone houses, churches, a Roman barracks and a fort complex. Also it called by “Black Gem of the Desert “. |
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Bethany beyond the Jordan -The Baptism. |
Tel-al-Kharrar- Bethany (tal Mar Elias (St Elijah's Hill) was identified archaeological & biblical in 1966 as the sight where Jesus Christ was baptized by John the Baptist and stunning archaeological & biblical discovery as called 'Bethany Beyond The Jordan" also found remains of Byzantine monastery and some churches, large baptism pool & water storage from the 1st century and confirms that the site was inhabited during Jesus time. On 22 March 2000 site became official biblical site during the visit of Pope Paul 2nd. |
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The Dead Sea |
The lowest point on earth, 400 meters (1300 feet) below sea level. It is 4 times saltier than any other sea in the world .It is believed that the site is of 5 biblical cities Sodom-Gomorrah- Admath- Zeboiim & Zoar. Sea mud – salt & minerals are well known of healing. Dead Sea area is the sight of Sodom which was destroyed after Lot, and his family fled the area. Near by The GHOR ALSAFI 6th Century ruins of of Byzantine monastery & mosaics place believed to be the refuge of Lot Daughters after the destruction of Sodom. |
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The Cave of Lot at Deir Ain Abata |
Recently discovered by the eminent Greek archaeologist, Constantinos Politis, the site has revealed the actual cave to which the biblical figure of Lot fled with his daughters during the destruction of Sodom &Gomorrah. The site is pershed precariously on a hillside overlooking the Dead Sea (near Safi) .In addition to the cave of Lot , a large Byzantine Basilica Church has also been unearthed other finds include the monastery's refectory , reservoir, mosaic floors, numerous cairn and other tombs, and Bronze age pottery . |
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Madaba & Mt. Nebo |
The mosaic city of Madaba, where the oldest map of the Holy Land exists on the floor of Saint George’s Cathedral. Madaba, This map was as a pilgrimage map rather than as its precise geographical. Madaba features many famous mosaics that exist in public and private buildings. During Nabatean /Roman period Madaba was an important fort as Kerak Near Madaba stands Mt.Nebo as called Siyagha where God showed Moses the land of Gilead as far as Dan .from Mt.Nebo you can see Jericho on the West Bank as well as village Rameh at the foot of the mountain between the Dead sea & cities of Sodom Gomorrah. |
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El-Mukhayyet – Mount Nebo |
The small site at el-Mukhayyet houses are fine byzantine mosaic floor, which was built in dedication to ST. Lot and Preoccupies. |
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