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AMMAN — Palaestina Tertia, a late Roman-Byzantine province, was well known for its monastic life. It was located in the southern part of modern Jordan, from Wadi Mujib in the north to Ayla (Aqaba) in the south. The role of the province was defensive and it was a frontier towards Arabic nomads and Sassanian Empire on the East.

AMMAN — The Dead Sea region has been inhabited since prehistoric times, with thousands of graves dating back to the Neolithic and Bronze Age scattered throughout the southern Ghor.

AMMAN — With the support of Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to Greece Ahed Sweidat, an International Colloquium on the ancient city of Zoara (also known as Zughar) in the Ghor Safi was inaugurated in Athens on Wednesday. The colloquium, titled “Interdisciplinary Research and Study of the Discoveries of an Early Byzantine and Mediaeval Islamic Commercial City in

With the support of Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to Greece Ahed Sweidat, an International Colloquium on the ancient city of Zoara (also

AMMAN — With the support of Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to Greece Ahed Sweidat, an International Colloquium on the ancient city of Zoara (also known as Zughar) in the Ghor Safi was inaugurated in Athens on Wednesday. The colloquium, titled “Interdisciplinary Research and Study of the Discoveries of an Early Byzantine and Mediaeval Islamic Commercial City in

IRBID — Zoara, or modern-day Ghor Safi, was as an important commercial metropolis according to Roman and Byzantine written sources, said a Greek scholar at the 15th International Conference on the History and Archaeology of Jordan held in Irbid last month.The area, situated on the south-eastern Dead Sea littoral near the biblical Zared River, Wadi Al Hasa, was a hub for