Jordan
There are 206 items in Jordan:
Arabia Deserta
Arabs: the people living in the country to the west and south of Mesopotamia. The Assyrian attack the Arabs (relief from…Aramava (Wadi Rum)
Aramava: Nabataean town and sanctuary on the edge of the Wadi Rum desert. The temple in the Wadi Rum Aramava, mentioned by…Basienis (Qasr el-Azraq)
Basienis: Roman fort in the Arabian Desert, modern Qasr el-Azraq in Jordan. View from south tower Azraq is an oasis in the…Coele Syria
Coele Syria (Greek Κοίλη Συρία): ancient geographical expression to describe several territories in the Near East. The Bekaa valley, seen from…
Roman coin, commemorating the annexation of Arabia Nabataea |
Copper ore |
Decapolis
Decapolis (Greek: Δεκάπολις): a union of ten towns. The best known Decapolis was in what is now Jordan. Scythopolis, theater In c.333…Deir 'Alla Inscription
Deir 'Alla Inscription: inscription, found in the Iron Age town of Deir 'Alla, mentioning the Biblical prophet Balaam. Deir 'Alla Inscription Deir…
Deir 'Alla Inscription |
Dibon, Mesha Stela |
Diodorus on the Nabataeans
In c.312 BCE, king Antigonus I Monophthalmus tried to subdue the Nabataeans. Several officers were involved, like Athenaeus, the king's son Demetrius, and Hieronymus of Cardia, a historian. His account of the events was excerpted by the Greek historian Diodorus…Edomites
Edom: Iron Age kingdom, directly south of the Dead Sea, situated in modern Jordan and Israel. In Greek, it is called Idumea.Bronze Age …