Amman and Jerash

December 19, 2022
001 - IMG_7727 Monday December 19, 2022 Day 8 of our 13-day Israel-Jordan tour - tour coach driving from Jerusalem hotel border crossing King Hussein Bridge to Amman Jordan...
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002 - IMG_7728 Amman, the capital of Jordan is a unique blend of Old and New, situated on a hilly area between the desert and the fertile Jordan Valley
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004 - IMG_7730 Jordan is an elaborate mosaic of biblical history that dates back to the times of Genesis. A well-traveled bridge between east and west, sea and desert, Old and...
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005 - IMG_7731 ... this land east of the Jordan River that in ancient times was a designated place of refuge is the only area in the Holy Land that links the lives of Abraham,...
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006 - IMG_7732 Amman, known as Rabboth Ammon in the Old Testament and Philadelphia in the New Testament - 12/19/22 Amman, Jordan
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008 - IMG_7734 12/19/22 Day 8 tour itinerary - Jerusalem (Israel) via Allenby Bridge (King Hussein Bridge) border crossing to Jordan; after visiting Jerash, overnight at Amman...
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010 - P1200053 Jerash, a city in Jordan, approx 32 miles north of the capital Amman...
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011 - IMG_1079 12/19/22 Jerash, Jordan
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012 - P1200054 12/19/22 12:10pm Jerash, Jordan
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013 - IMG_1080 12/19/22 Jerash, Jordan
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014 - IMG_1082 Jerash, formerly known as Gerasa, one of the best-preserved Greco-Roman provincial cities inhabited since the Bronze Age...
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015 - IMG_1084 ... within a large ecclesiastical complex inside the city is a fountain where Byzantine citizens once annually celebrated Jesus’ miracle of turning water into...
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016 - IMG_1087 12/19/22 Jerash, Jordan - 20+ new tour friends joined us in Amman for the remaining days of our tour...
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018 - P1200055 12/19/22 Hadrian’s Arch, Jerash - a grand triumphal arch with three openings, built to mark a visit by the emperor Hadrian in 129-130, standing outside the...
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022 - IMG_1088 Hadrian’s Arch, built to commemorate the visit of the Emperor Hadrian to Jerash in 129, splendid triumphal arch intended to become the main Southern gate to the...
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024 - P1200060 12/19/22 Jerash, Jordan - the ruined city of Jerash is Jordan's largest and most interesting Roman site, a major tourist drawcard...
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025 - P1200062 12/19/22 the beautiful geometric-patterned mosaic floor remains of the Church of Marianos at the Jerash archaeological site offering a lovely example of a...
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026 - P1200061 12/19/22 Jerash archaeological site - the Church of Marionos, built in 570 AD under the episcopate of Bishop Marianos after whom it was named; the single nave...
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030 - IMG_1090 The Ruins of Jerash, Jordan - Gladiators battle and chariots race daily in the ruins of a once-great Roman city...
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031 - IMG_1091 ... to relive the days when gladiators and charioteers appeared before the crowds, with regular re-enactments by the Roman Army and Chariot Experience (RACE),...
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