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The Ayn Ghazal Bust, on display at the Jordanian Museum, is estimated to be 9,500 years old and is the oldest known human figure. Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts; Jabal Luwiebdeh Art Museum; Khalid Shoman Foundation, Darat al Funun; Dar Al-Anda, Amman - a museum and research centre [44] Foresight32 Art Gallery, Amman; Nabad, Amman; Wadi ...
Situated in southern Jordan, Wadi Rum features a great variety of desert landforms including sandstone valleys, natural arches, gorges, cliffs, landslides and caverns. The site also contains extensive rock art, inscriptions and archaeological remains, bearing witness to more than 12,000 years of continuous human habitation.
The Hadrian Gate also known as the Temenos Gate. Petra is known primarily for its Hellenistic architecture. The facades of the tombs in Petra are commonly rendered in Hellenistic style, reflecting the number of diverse cultures with which the Nabataeans traded, all of which were in turn influenced by Greek culture. Most of these tombs contain ...
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Since 1981, the old city of Jerash has hosted the Jerash Festival of Culture and Arts, [44] a three-week-long summer program of dance, music, and theatrical performances. The festival is frequently attended by members of the royal family of Jordan and is hailed as one of the largest cultural activities in the region.
During the Iron Age, the Citadel was the site of the capital of the Ammonites, which was known as "Rabbah" or "Rabbath Ammon". The Amman Citadel Inscription comes from this period, and is considered to be the oldest known inscription in the Ammonite language , written in the Phoenician Alphabet . [ 9 ]
Jerusalem on the Madaba Map. Muwakir (Arabic for Machaerus) was the hilltop stronghold of Herod the Great.Upon Herod's death, his son Herod Antipas inhabited the fortress, and ordered John the Baptist to be beheaded there and where the fabled Salomé daughter of Herodias is said to have danced the famous Dance of the Seven Veils thus asking for John the Baptists' head.
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