| The
grandeur of Imperial Rome Only a short hour’s drive north of Amman is the Graeco Roman city of Jerash (Gerasa in ancient times), known as the Pompeii of the East for its extraordinary state of preservation. As they approach the city, visitors are greeted by the imposing triple arched gateway built to honor the Emperor Hadrian’s arrival at Jerash in A.D 129. |
 Colonnaded Street |
 The Roman City |
 Hadrian's Arch |
 The South Theater |
Jerash
is considered the best preserved and most complete city of the
Decapolis, a confederation of ten Roman cities dating from the Ist
Century B.C. Nestled in a green and well-watered valley in the
biblical land of Gilead, the remains of the ancient city have long attracted tourists, scholars and students from all over the world. |
| Today’s visitors may wander among the original temples, theaters, plazas, baths colonaded streets, all enclosed within the remaining city walls. Within these wallshave been found the remains of settlements dating from the bronze Age, the Iron Age, the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Umayyad and Abbasid periods, indicating human occupation at this location for more than 2500 years. Nightly sound and light shows through the summer months, and the annual Jerash Festival of Culture and Arts |  Jerash Festival Dancers |
(AMMAN - DECAPOLIS ERA - JORDAN - PETRA - WADI RUM - AQABA - THE DEAD SEA - MUJIB WILDLIFE RESERVE - DANA NATURE RESERVE - SHAUMARI NATURE RESERVE - AJLOUN NATURE RESERVE - AZRAQ WETLAND RESERVE - BIRD WATCHING - THE GULF OF AQABA - BETHANY BEYOND JORDAN)
EGYPT - LEBANON - SYRIA