A few kilometers south of Amman Jordan is the present day city of Jerash. Within Jerash are the ruins of the ancient city of Jerash which may date back more than 6500 years. Ancient Jerash was under Roman rule during its golden age. The city may have the most extensive examples of Greco-Roman architecture in the entire world.
Over hundreds of years the ancient ruins were nearly completely covered by sand and lost to history. During the last 70 years the ruins, which included impressive stone gates such as Hadrian’s Arch, paved streets, colonnaded buildings, baths, theatres, a cathedral and the like, have been excavated revealing this large and impressive city. While hundreds of structures have been unearthed, additional ruins remain buried either partially or completely. Extending beyond the sandy surface are the tops of corinthian Roman columns of undiscovered buildings surrounding what has been uncovered to date.
If you’re interested check out a short slide show of images from Jerashon on my Web site at: http://www.andrewmcdonoughphotography.com, click on the “RUSSIA” link and download and view the file called jerash_jordan.exe
As I mentioned in a previous post I have a new way to view slide shows regardless of type of computer or operating system (i.e., the show will play on PCs, Macs, with Windows, Apple and Linux operating systems, etc.). The slide show appears at the bottom of the RUSSIA download page or may be viewed simply by clicking on this link: vimeo.com/38415492 This will bring you directly to vimeo.com Mouse-over the video player and click the run arrow to start the show.
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