Jordan - Jerash

 

Hadrian's Arch

 

Hippodrome

 

Ann in the Oval Plaza

 

The Oval Plaza

 

The South Theatre

 

Me in the South Theatre

 

The Temple of Artemis

 

The North Theatre

 

The Cardo Maximus

 

The Nymphaeum

 

Off The Cardo Maximus

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Jordan Photos:-

Jerash is a large sprawling site with some poor recent reconstructions. The city was old by the time Pompey conquered the region in the 1st century AD.

An unusual feature is a capital on the bottoms of the pilasters on Hadrian's arch.

 

 

 

 

The Hippodrome was very large. Only a fraction of it has been restored.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Though the floor of the Plaza is mostly original, old photographs show that many of the columns and their entablatures have been recreated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We were treated to some impromptu bagpipe music in this theatre.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good acoustics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The columns are not rigid and our guide had fun making them rock slightly!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The original paved road still has the grove marks made by countless carts over the centuries.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An impressive ornamental fountain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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