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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. Columns of the propylaeum of the Artemis-Temple on a hill above the cardo (main street).
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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 ruins of the Artemis-Temple above the northern cardo.
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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. A stretch of the northern cardo.
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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 south-tetrapylon,a small building which marked the crossing of the main streets,cardo and decumanum.
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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 cardo,Gerasa's main street.
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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 cardo,Gerasa's main street.
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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 cardo,Gerasa's main street.
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Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a Hellenistic-Roman town w...

Iron-age watch-tower in Amman,capital of the Kingdom of Jordan.Such watch-towers were built on hills, within view of each other and were probably connected with overnight resting places for caravans.
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Iron-age watch-tower in Amman,capital of the Kingdom of Jordan.Such watch-tow...

The Roman mausoleum of el-Nuweijis,north of Amman. A tomb for a Roman family, 2nd to 3rd CE, 14 x 14 m.
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The Roman mausoleum of el-Nuweijis,north of Amman. A tomb for a Roman famil...

Ruins of Roman fortifications near el-Lejjun.The forts formed part of the Limes Arabicus,begun under Emperor Trajan,when he added the Provincia Arabica to the Roman Empire in 106 CE. The Limes Arabicus was guarded by the Legio III Cyrenaica and the Legio IV Martia.
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Ruins of Roman fortifications near el-Lejjun.The forts formed part of the Limes...

Ruins of Roman fortifications near el-Lejjun.The forts formed part of the Limes Arabicus,begun under Emperor Trajan,when he added the Provincia Arabica to the Roman Empire in 106 CE. The Limes Arabicus was guarded by the Legio III Cyrenaica and the Legio IV Martia.
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Ruins of Roman fortifications near el-Lejjun.The forts formed part of the Limes...

The "Palace of the Slave"(Qasr el-Abd) in Wadi es-Sir, West of Amman.A palace built as a refuge by Hyrkanus of the Tobiad-family who retreated to Wadi es-Sir to avoid political and family persecution. 190-175 BCE. The palace rose from a platform in an artificial lake.
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The "Palace of the Slave"(Qasr el-Abd) in Wadi es-Sir, West of Amman.A palace bu...