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Amman Population :2,3000,000 people (estimation of 1995). 936,300
His Majesty King Abdullh,Thell And Here Majesty Queen Rania |
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A rose-red city, half as old as time
Petra was first established sometime around the 6th century BC, by the Nabataean Arabs, a nomadic tribe who settled in the area and laid the foundations of a commercial empire that extended into Syria. Despite successive attempts by the Seleucid king Antigonus, the Roman emperor Pompey and Herod the Great to bring Petra under the control of their respective empires, Petra remained largely in Nabataean hands until around 100AD, when the Romans took over. It was still inhabited during the Byzantine period, when the former Roman empire moved its focus east to Constantinople, but declined in importance thereafter. The Crusaders constructed a fort there in the 12th century, but soon withdrew, leaving Petra to the local people until the early 19th century, when it was visited by the Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. |
jarash
This Greco - Roman city was inhabited since Neolithic times, and grew increasingly prosperous in the days of Alexander the great ( 332 BC ) until 63 BC, when it was conquered by the Romans. Jerash now is one of the best preserved Greco -Roman cities in the world. Temples of Artemis & Zeus, Roman Forum, Hadrian's Triumphal Arch, and Long Street Columns are still survive today.
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Madaba &Mt. Nebo
This city of mosaic is the Madaba of the Bible. It lies south from the capital Amman along the 5000 - year - old King's highway. Madaba's chief attraction is its ancient church holding the wonderfully vivid, sixth century Byzantine mosaic map showing Jerusalem and other holy sites made with two million pieces of colored stone. Close by is Mount Nebo the memorial of Moses .
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Dead Sea
The most spectacular site, is the Dead Sea, which at 400 meters below sea level is the lowest body of water on earth.
Surrounded by arid hills, as devoid of life as the sea itself, the Dead Sea glistens under a burning sun with barely a ripple disturbing its surface. The rocks that meet its lapping edges become covered with a snow-like thick gleaming deposit of white salt. It is this extremely high concentration of salt that gives the Dead Sea waters their renowned therapeutic qualities and their buoyancy. Because the salt content is eight times that of most world's oceans, you can float in the Dead Sea without even trying. Swimming in the Dead Sea is a truly unique experience not to be missed.
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The Dead Sea, is known in Arabic as "Bahr Lott" (the Sea of Lot). As the name suggests, the Dead Sea is entirely devoid of plant and animal life. This is due to an extremely high content of salt and other minerals, 350 gm of salt per kilogram of water, as compared to about 40 gm in the world's oceans. These natural elements give the waters of the Dead Sea certain curative properties, recognized since the days of Herob the Great over two thousand years ago.
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