Археологические памятники Иордании
Jordan's Archaeological Wonders
Jordan's landscape serves as a vast open-air museum, spanning the Early Bronze Age at Bab edh-Dhra to the 8th-century Umayyad desert castles like Quseir Amra and Qasr Mshatta. This collection highlights the Nabataean architectural mastery found in the rock-cut tombs and temples of Petra and Little Petra, alongside the Greco-Roman urban planning of the Cardo Maximus. From the Thamudic inscriptions in Wadi Rum to the medieval ruins of Ayla, these sites preserve the legacies of successive civilizations along ancient trade routes.
Wadi Rum Protected Area
Wadi Rum, known also as the Valley of the Moon, is a valley cut into the sandstone and granite rock in southern Jordan 60 km to the east of…
The Theater
Petra Theater is a first century AD Nabataean theatre situated 600 m from the centre of Petra.
Colonnaded Street (Cardo Maximus)
Although the former main street is badly damaged, it is partially preserved. Its remains are about half a kilometre long.
Triclinium
An ancient Nabataean dining hall used for ritual banquets. Carved directly into the sandstone, the chamber features three benches where mourners or celebrants would recline during funerary feasts or religious ceremonies.
Lion Monument
A fountain in the shape of a lion carved into sandstone. Unfortunately the head is missing now, but you can see where the water once flowed.
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