For the last day of our Jordan adventure, we went to the marvelous Roman site of Jerash, about two hours from Madaba. This is a huge site, about 2 kilometers long and 1 kilometer wide, filled with wonderful temples, arches, pylons, and more. You enter through a huge arch that, in ancient times, was three times as big. There is a long street that is bordered by columns. There are theaters, where they still hold the occasional concert. There is a huge hippodrome where they still hold chariot races, although there were none going on when we were there because of Ramadan.
I will just post some pictures of this place so you can see for yourself how amazing it is.
Hadrian's arch...
The main plaza...
The long street that goes across the entire city...
A tetrapylon, a four sided arched gateway...
The southern theater...
The Temple of Artemis...
This column is so well balanced that Hassam here could rock it back and forth...
Local guide, Hassam, selling Amy yet more mosaics...
Much of Jerash is still waiting to be excavated...
The northern theater...
My God. Where are all the people? No one else is interested in this history of monuments frozen in time.
ReplyDeleteWow...amazingly intact! Must not be overrun by tourism.
ReplyDeleteWonderful place!