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AMMAN — Mosaics decorated some of most prestigious buildings in the Ummayad Caliphate: Bath houses, mosques, palaces and private villas. The latest research reveals that the shift between the late antiquity and the early Islamic period was gradual and similar artistic patterns characterised both epochs.
AMMAN — The recent growth in the number of tourists visiting the Kingdom has resulted in a major boom in excursions to local archaeological sites, according to the Ministry of Tourism.Recent statistics published by the Ministry of Tourism showed that Petra, one of Jordan’s most popular sites, welcomed 684,000 visitors as of the end of June 2023, compared with 345,000 visitors