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AMMAN — The Near East was urbanised long before the conquests of Alexander the Great (356 BC – 323 BC) and his generals. When the Roman legions arrived in the area around 60 BC, the Levant already had sophisticated urban centres and civic culture for centuries. Due to the Greek military subjugation and political influence, Hellenistic ideas, language and taste became dominant
AMMAN — The French nobleman, archaeologist and orientalist Louis Felicien de Saulcy(1807-1880) left the first detailed account about Khirbat Faris, a site on the Karak Plateau, with ceramics from the Nabataean and Middle Islamic periods. Saulsy visited the site in 1851 while in 1896 Alois Musil(1868-1944) described the site as “ a well preserved tower and ruined houses”. The
AMMAN — The Limes Arabicus was a desert frontier established by the Roman Empire, and stretched from the Gulf of Aqaba and ancient Ayla all the way to northern Syria, with 1500 km at its greatest extent. Several fortresses and watch towers were used to prevent attacks from nomadic raiders and military moves of Parthians and troops of Sassanid Empire.
Located just 30 miles east of London, an abandoned oil refinery on the edge of the Thames Estuary has become an unlikely wildlife haven.
It's mentioned in the Bible, it been used by a succession of empires and it links some of Jordan's most important historical sites.