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Previous Next Over view Petra The Nabatean city of Petra is undoubtedly Jordan’s most illustrious historical sight. The 2,000-year-old rock-carved city is surrounded by hundreds of breathtaking structures including soaring temples, elaborate royal tombs, a carved Roman-style theater, burial chambers, and funerary banqueting halls. Other well-preserved relics include baths, staircases, markets, arched gates, and paved […]

Previous Next Over view Wadi Rum Between Petra and Aqaba, a haunting, silent landscape of ancient riverbeds and pastel stretches of barren desert, is beautifully shattered by towering sandstone mountains and dramatic cliffs. Wadi Rum, a vast expanse of spectacular desert scenery, is–along with Petra–one of Jordan’s most visited attractions. Here, semi-nomadic Bedouins living in […]

Madaba This friendly town located about an hour’s drive south of Amman has a large percentage of Jordan’s shrinking Christian population. Noteworthy sites in Madaba include St. George’s Greek Orthodox Church and the Church of the Virgin, both of which house splendid antique mosaics. Madaba is best known for its wealth of mosaics, most of […]

Previous Next Over view Jerash Dating back to the second century AD, Jerash is a spectacularly well-preserved provincial Roman city that was unearthed as recently as the 1920s. The main ruins, lying west of the Zarqa River, include the colonnaded street, the south and north theaters, the Temple of Zeus, and an oval piazza. Jerash […]

Previous Next Over view The Dead Sea   The Dead Sea, which lies between Israel (and the West Bank) and Jordan, is the lowest point on earth, reaching depths of 13,000 feet (3,900m) below sea level. This enclosed body of water’s high salt content makes it impossible for any kind of plant or animal life […]

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