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The Crusader fortress Shobeq, called Montreal by Baudoin I,king of Jerusalem and his knights. Built in 1115, fell to Saladin in 1188 and was enlarged and its fortifications improved under Ayyubids and Mamluks. A tower on a steep slope.
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The Crusader fortress Shobeq, called Montreal by Baudoin I,king of Jerusa...

The Crusader fortress Shobeq, called Montreal by Baudoin I,king of Jerusalem and his knights. Built in 1115, fell to Saladin in 1188 and was enlarged and its fortifications improved under Ayyubids and Mamluks. Fortification tower on a steep slope above the valley.
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The Crusader fortress Shobeq, called Montreal by Baudoin I,king of Jerusa...

The Crusader fortress Shobeq, called Montreal by Baudoin I,king of Jerusalem and his knights. Built in 1115, fell to Saladin in 1188 and was enlarged and its fortifications improved under Ayyubids and Mamluks. Remaining vaults of the castle.
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The Crusader fortress Shobeq, called Montreal by Baudoin I,king of Jerusa...

Crusader fortress Kerak, dominating the southern end of the Dead Sea,was built in 1142. It fell to sultan Saladin's troops in 1188, after three sieges. The Mamluk wing, built after the Arab conquest.
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Crusader fortress Kerak, dominating the southern end of the Dead Sea,was buil...

Crusader fortress Kerak, dominating the southern end of the Dead Sea,was built in 1142. It fell to sultan Saladin's troops in 1188, after three sieges. Fortress walls.
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Crusader fortress Kerak, dominating the southern end of the Dead Sea,was buil...

Crusader fortress Kerak, dominating the southern end of the Dead Sea,was built in 1142. It fell to sultan Saladin's troops in 1188, after three sieges. The crusader church.
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Crusader fortress Kerak, dominating the southern end of the Dead Sea,was built i...

Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab people who dominated the silk-and spice trade across the deserts. The mountains around Petra.
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Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab peo...

Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab people who dominated the silk-and spice trade across the deserts. The mountains around Petra.
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Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab peo...

Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab people who dominated the silk-and spice trade across the deserts. The mountains around Petra.
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Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab peo...

Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab people who dominated the silk-and spice trade across the deserts. View from the steep path to the "Monastery" towards the lower-lying city of Petra.
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Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab peo...

Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab people who dominated the silk- and spice trade across the deserts. The Siq, a narrow, 1,2 km long gorge hemmed in by 100 m-high cliffs, leads into the inner city of Petra.Entrance to the Siq.
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Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab peo...

Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab people who dominated the silk- and spice trade across the deserts. Facades of uncertain use,perhaps rock-tombs,line the entrance way to Petra.
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Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab peo...