The modern city of Madaba, Jordan rests atop many layers of previous habitation, dating back 4,000 years. Basically, all over town, remains of buried structures poke up through the grass. Madaba's excavated past (and likely the unexcavated as well) includes a large collection of mosaic floors, walls ... Read More »
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Foto Friday: Jordan Tours – Amra Desert Castle, Mt. Nebo, Dead Sea
Just a few sites to see on our Jordan tours ~ ... Read More »
Jordan Tours – Mt. Nebo
Mt. Nebo is traditionally believed to be the site from which Moses viewed the Promised Land of Canaan. After taking the 40-year route from Egypt, Moses was stopped just short of his destination because he had disobeyed a command of God. He died shortly after and was buried nearby in an unknown ... Read More »
Israel Tours & Jordan Tours: Name That Site!
This site is a popular spot for rest and rejuvenation on many of our Israel tours and Jordan tours. At 1400 feet below sea level, the lowest land elevation on earth, this salt lake forms part of the border between Israel and Jordan and the West Bank and Jordan. Water flows into the lake from Lake ... Read More »
Jordan Tours: Petra!
Without question, Petra is the star of tourism in Jordan. It's a sprawling open-air museum of ancient structures carved into sandstone canyon walls. All of our published Jordan tours include a day at Petra. Petra was a city of 50,000 at its peak 2,000 years ago, built by the Nabateans, a nomadic ... Read More »
Jordan Tours – Name That Site!
Thirty miles north of Amman, is the second most visited tourist site in Jordan, after Petra, and one of the world's most extensive Roman sites outside of Italy. The site has been inhabited since the Neolithic period and was developed by Hellenistic Greeks in the 3rd-century BCE, but it was under ... Read More »
