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Antiquity


Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Imperial Roman Period, Ancient Middle East.



6 subcategories
Ancient Egypt

ANCIENT EGYPT

Ancient Greece

ANCIENT GREECE

Ancient Israel

ANCIENT ISRAEL

Ancient Jordan

ANCIENT JORDAN

Ancient Middle East

ANCIENT MIDDLE EAST

Imperial Roman Period

IMPERIAL ROMAN PERIOD

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Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a Hellenistic-Roman town which became rich as a safe trading post for Nabataean, Jewish and Roman merchants. Oval forum, surrounded by Ionic columns.
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Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a Hellenistic-Roman town w...

Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a Hellenistic-Roman town which became rich as a safe trading post for Nabataean, Jewish and Roman merchants. Oval forum, surrounded by Ionic columns, a column, probably a base for a statue, in the center.
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Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a Hellenistic-Roman town w...

Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a Hellenistic-Roman town which became rich as a safe trading post for Nabataean, Jewish and Roman merchants. The southern half of the cardo, the main street lined with Corinthian columns.
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Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a Hellenistic-Roman town w...

Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a Hellenistic-Roman town which became rich as a safe trading post for Nabataean, Jewish and Roman merchants. The southern half of the cardo, the main street lined with Corinthian columns.
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Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a Hellenistic-Roman town w...

Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a Hellenistic-Roman town which became rich as a safe trading post for Nabataean, Jewish and Roman merchants. The southern half of the cardo, the main street lined with Corinthian columns.
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Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a Hellenistic-Roman town w...

Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a Hellenistic-Roman town which became rich as a safe trading post for Nabataean, Jewish and Roman merchants. The southern half of the cardo, the main street lined with Corinthian columns.
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Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a Hellenistic-Roman town w...

Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a Hellenistic-Roman town which became rich as a safe trading post for Nabataean, Jewish and Roman merchants. The southern half of the cardo, the main street lined with Corinthian columns.
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Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a Hellenistic-Roman town w...

The stylite-tower of Umm er-Rassas near Dibhan on the Kings' Road, Jordan. In the Near East, between the 4th and the 6th century, pious men lived an ascetic life on such towers, which became centers of pilgrimages.
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The stylite-tower of Umm er-Rassas near Dibhan on the Kings' Road, Jordan. In...

The Roman fort of Um er-Rassas was the base of a cavalry regiment stationed at the edge of the desert in Mefaa.
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The Roman fort of Um er-Rassas was the base of a cavalry regiment station...

Gadara is the site of an exorcism in the NT, when Jesus drives "a legion" of demons into the Gadarene swine (Mark 5:1-10) Gadara was a Hellenistic-Roman town, a member of the Dekapolis, the antique federation of ten cities. Shops in the terrace along the main road.
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Gadara is the site of an exorcism in the NT, when Jesus drives "a legion"...

Gadara is the site of an exorcism in the NT, when Jesus drives "a legion" of demons into the Gadarene swine (Mark 5:1-10) Gadara was a Hellenistic-Roman town, a member of the Dekapolis, the antique federation of ten cities. Courtyard of the 6th century Byzantine church.
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Gadara is the site of an exorcism in the NT, when Jesus drives "a legion" of de...

Gadara is the site of an exorcism in the NT, when Jesus drives two demons into the Gadarene swine (Mark 5:1-10) Gadara was a Hellenistic-Roman town, a member of the Dekapolis, the antique federation of ten cities. Octogon of the 6th century Byzantine church.
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Gadara is the site of an exorcism in the NT, when Jesus drives two demons into t...