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images = ["DSC_0143.JPG"]
date = "2017-04-05T08:50:44+03:00"
title = "Greco–Roman Ruins in Jerash"
slug = "greco-roman-ruins-jerash"
tags = ["Jerash","Greek","Roman"]
categories = ["Architecture"]
description = "Jerash is the most well-preserved of Jordan's Greco–Roman sites."
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{{< figure src="DSC_0143.JPG" title="Row of columns at the Oval Forum in Jerash" alt="Row of columns at the Oval Forum in Jerash" >}}

Jordan's location in the geographical "near east" has exposed the country to dozens of civilizations over the course of history. Over the last three thousand years alone this region has experienced the coming and going of the Persian, Greek, Nabataean, Roman, Byzantine, Arab, and Ottoman — to name a few — empires, the legacies of which are often still visible today.

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The ruins in Jerash are one of those legacies. Complete with arches, colonnades, hippodrome, baths, theaters, temples, and more, Jerash is the most well-preserved of Jordan's Greco–Roman sites.
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+								date = "2017-04-05T08:50:44+03:00"
 								title = "Greco–Roman Ruins in Jerash"
 								slug = "greco-roman-ruins-jerash"
 								tags = ["Jerash","Greek","Roman"]
 								categories = ["Architecture"]
 								description = "Jerash is the most well-preserved of Jordan's Greco–Roman sites."
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-												Move all content to page bundles

This allows me to use Hugo's image resizing to create img srcsets
where the client downloads an appropriate image depending on their
screen size.

I had to go back and find original photos for each of these posts
because Hugo was resizing my already-optimized versions and they
looked horrible. Unfortunately I couldn't find originals for these
posts:
  - aqaba-dirty-disappointing
  - contemporary-arab-design-jrf-showroom
  - eid-mubarak-neighborhood-dumpster
  - no-noise-near-noisy-mosque
  - red-orange-yellow-rice-bab-al-yemen

Hugo will fall back to looking in the static directory for these.

											
										
										
											2020-12-04 21:55:28 +01:00
+								{{< figure src="DSC_0143.JPG" title="Row of columns at the Oval Forum in Jerash" alt="Row of columns at the Oval Forum in Jerash" >}}
-												Add post about Jerash

											
										
										
											2017-04-06 13:55:26 +02:00
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+								Jordan's location in the geographical "near east" has exposed the country to dozens of civilizations over the course of history. Over the last three thousand years alone this region has experienced the coming and going of the Persian, Greek, Nabataean, Roman, Byzantine, Arab, and Ottoman — to name a few — empires, the legacies of which are often still visible today.
-												Add post about Jerash

											
										
										
											2017-04-06 13:55:26 +02:00
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 								The ruins in Jerash are one of those legacies. Complete with arches, colonnades, hippodrome, baths, theaters, temples, and more, Jerash is the most well-preserved of Jordan's Greco–Roman sites.