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It ran from Egypt across the Sinai Peninsula to Aqaba, then turned northward across Transjordan, to Damascus and the Euphrates River. After the Muslim conquest of the Fertile Crescent in the 7th century AD and until the 16th century, it was the darb al-hajj or pilgrimage road for Muslims from Syria , Iraq , and beyond heading to the holy city ...
The Aqaba church was built sometime in the late third or the beginning of the fourth century, as indicated by the pottery finds from its foundations. [4] Its first phase was dated between 293 and 303, which makes it older than the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, both of which were built in the late 320s. [2]
Tell el-Kheleifeh (also Tell el-Chulefi) is an archaeological site in Jordan at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba immediately northwest of the city of Aqaba.Its older identification with the 10th-century port from the biblical King Solomon narrative does not stand up to newer archaeological assessments, while its identification with biblical Ezion-geber and/or Elath of a later date remains a ...
Al-Sharāh Mountains shown in red in South-West Jordan (Shaubak/Mt. Se'ir) Mount Seir (Hebrew: הַר-שֵׂעִיר, romanized: Har Sēʿīr) is the ancient and biblical name for a mountainous region stretching between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba in the northwestern region of Edom and southeast of the Kingdom of Judah.
Pharaoh's Island in the Gulf of Aqaba. Ezion-Geber (Hebrew: עֶצְיֹן גֶּבֶר , Modern: ʻEṣyōn Gevér, Tiberian: ʿEṣyōn Geḇer, Biblical: Ġeṣyōn Geḇer; also Asiongaber) is a city only known from the Hebrew Bible, in Idumea, [dubious – discuss] a seaport on the northern extremity of the Gulf of Aqaba, in modern terms somewhere in the area of modern Aqaba and Eilat.
Aqaba's coral reefs have made it one of the best diving spots in the world. Aqaba has a number of luxury hotels, including in the Tala Bay resort 20 km further to the south, which service those who come for fun on the beaches as well as Scuba diving. Aqaba offers more than thirty primary diving locations, with the majority of them accommodating ...
There are many Arab and Frankish castles from the period of the Crusades in Jordan, the most famous of which is Ajlun castle located in the Ajloun district in northern Jordan. Other castles include Montreal and Kerak. Fuheis and Al Husn are two predominantly Christian towns of Jordan. The world's oldest built purpose-built church exists in Aqaba.
Abarim (Hebrew: הָעֲבָרִים, romanized: Hā-Avārīm) [1] [2] is the Hebrew name used in the Bible for a mountain range "across the Jordan", understood as east of the Jordan Rift Valley, i.e. in Transjordan, to the east and south-east of the Dead Sea, extending from Mount Nebo — its highest point — in the north, perhaps to the Arabian desert in the south.