by hussam.a | Dec 5, 2021 | Jordan Sites
The brilliantly crafted Kerak Castle is situated in the Jordanian city of kerak. Kerak lies 140 kilometers (87 mi) to the south of Amman on the ancient King’s Highway. The Kerak Castle is one of the largest crusader castles in the Levant. Construction of the Kerak...
by hussam.a | Dec 5, 2021 | Jordan Sites
In the hills east of Ghor as-Safi (ancient Zoar) a cave was found in 1991 with Early and Middle Bronze Age pottery inside. Speculation linked the finds with Abraham’s nephew Lot who, according to the Bible, moved to a cave in the hills above Zoar after the destruction...
by hussam.a | Dec 5, 2021 | Jordan Sites
Jordan’s charming city of Madaba has a history that goes back to at least 3500 years. Madaba is considered to be one of the most impressive places in the Holy Land and has been named the ‘City of Mosaics’. It is situated 30 kilometers southwest of the capital city of...
by hussam.a | Dec 5, 2021 | Jordan Sites
Visitors to the Dead Sea should also take advantage of another nearby wonder, Hammamat Ma’in (Ma’in Hot Springs). Popular with both locals and tourists alike, the springs are located 264m below sea level in one of the most breathtaking desert oases in the world....
by hussam.a | Dec 5, 2021 | Jordan Sites
Mount Nebo is one of the most revered holy sites of Jordan and the place where Moses was buried. A small Byzantine church was built there by early Christians, which has been expanded into a vast complex. During his visit to Jordan in 2000, the Late Pope John Paul II...
by hussam.a | Dec 5, 2021 | Jordan Sites
Within an hour’s drive from Madaba along the picturesque King’s Highway, is Mukawir. Mukawir is the hilltop stronghold of Herod the Great. Upon Herod’s death, his son, Herod Antipas, inherited the fortress and it is from here that he ordered John the Baptist to be...
