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<h2 class="blog-post-title"><a href="https://picturingjordan.com/2017/04/greco-roman-ruins-jerash/">GrecoRoman Ruins in Jerash</a></h2>
<p class="blog-post-meta"><time datetime="2017-04-05T08:50:44&#43;03:00">Wed Apr 05, 2017</time> by Alan Orth in
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<p>Jordan&rsquo;s location in the geographical &ldquo;near east&rdquo; 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, Roman, Nabataean, Byzantine, and Ottomanto name a fewempires, the legacies of which are often still visible today.</p>
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<p class="blog-post-meta"><time datetime="2017-01-23T08:53:53&#43;02:00">Mon Jan 23, 2017</time> by Alan Orth in
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<p>While not <em>technically</em> in Jordan, Jerusalem&rsquo;s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dome_of_the_Rock">Dome of the Rock</a> is basically just a stone&rsquo;s throw away from Amman (pun intended). Not only is this shrine capped with a golden dome, covered in vibrant Ottoman-era tilework, and adorned with elegant Arabic calligraphy, it also boasts an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_Stone">impressive resume of sacred claims to fame</a>.</p>
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<p class="blog-post-meta"><time datetime="2016-12-24T20:13:21&#43;02:00">Sat Dec 24, 2016</time> by Alan Orth in
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<p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabataeans">Nabataeans</a> were a tribe who became filthy rich on the trade of frankincense, myrrh, and spices in the Arabian peninsula around 2,000 years ago. They built Petra as the capital of their flourishing civilization. Hauntingly beautiful stone facades standing one hundred meters tall are amazingly intact and well preserved to this day.</p>
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