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Qasr el-Halabat, one of the desert-palaces of the Omayyad Aristocracy of the 8th century.The palaces, with elaborate watering systems,were used for hunting, and for drinking parties with dancing girls,a behaviour not tolerated in strictly Muslim cities like Damascus.
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Qasr el-Halabat, one of the desert-palaces of the Omayyad Aristocracy of t...

Qasr el-Azrak,one of the desert-palaces of the Omayyad Aristocracy of the 8th century.The palaces,with elaborate watering systems,were used for hunting, and for drinking parties with dancing girls,a behaviour not tolerated in strictly Muslim cities like Damascus.
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Qasr el-Azrak,one of the desert-palaces of the Omayyad Aristocracy of the 8th c...

Qasr el-Azrak,one of the desert-palaces of the Omayyad Aristocracy of the 8th century.The palaces,with elaborate watering systems,were used for hunting, and for drinking parties with dancing girls,a behaviour not tolerated in strictly Muslim cities like Damascus.
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Qasr el-Azrak,one of the desert-palaces of the Omayyad Aristocracy of the 8th c...

Apart from the desert palaces, some small bathing establishments remain, more intimate buildings for bathing,drinking and entertainment by dancing girls,but all with an audience hall in a separate building. Qusair Amra bathing establishment.
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Apart from the desert palaces, some small bathing establishments remain, m...

Mount Nebo, from where Moses is said to have seen the promised land.
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Mount Nebo, from where Moses is said to have seen the promised land.

So-called "Well of Moses" - certainly not the well from which he drew water from a rock of Mount Horeb, but Wadi Ain Musa might be the place where Moses was buried.
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So-called "Well of Moses" - certainly not the well from which he drew water...

Church of Casiseos and Amos, a Byzantine church of the 4th or 5th century, on the slope from Mount Nebo down to Wadi Afrit.
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Church of Casiseos and Amos, a Byzantine church of the 4th or 5th century, on th...

Dhibon,Jordan. A rampart of a Moabite fortification, 9th BCE, built either by the Israelite king Omri, or by the Moabite ruler Mesha who conquered the place. See king Mesha's victory stele 08-05-06/13, 08-05-14/55,56
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Dhibon,Jordan. A rampart of a Moabite fortification, 9th BCE, built either by...

Wadi el-Mujib, Jordan. In biblical times the deep valley of the Arnon or Gad formed a natural frontier between the Amorite,later the Israelite kingdoms in the North and the kingdom of Moab in the South.
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Wadi el-Mujib, Jordan. In biblical times the deep valley of the Arnon or G...

Kallirhoe, an antique spa with hot and cold springs. King Herod sought relief for various ills in its waters; a direct route leads from his fortress of Machaerus to the springs of the spa.
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Kallirhoe, an antique spa with hot and cold springs. King Herod sought relief...

Fortress Machaerus (Meqaver) on the Jordanian Royal Road, was built by Alexander Iannaeus (ruled 103-76 BCE) and restored by king Herod the Great. St. John Baptist was imprisoned and beheaded in this fortress. The hill seen from afar.
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Fortress Machaerus (Meqaver) on the Jordanian Royal Road, was built by...

Fortress Machaerus (Meqaver) on the Jordanian Royal Road, was built by Alexander Iannaeus (ruled 103-76 BCE) and restored by king Herod the Great. St. John Baptist was imprisoned and beheaded in this fortress. The hill seen from afar.
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Fortress Machaerus (Meqaver) on the Jordanian Royal Road, was built b...