AMMAN Qusayr Amra, located approximately 80 kilometres east of Amman, is one of the desert castles typical for the early Islamic period and the complex was built between 723AD and 743AD by Prince Walid, who would later become Umayyad Caliph Walid II (709-744). Qusayr Amra represents one of finest examples of Umayyad art and architecture known for its lavish and
AMMAN Qusayr Amra, located approximately 80 kilometres east of Amman, is one of the desert castles typical for the early Islamic period and the complex was built between 723AD and 743AD by Prince Walid, who would later become Umayyad Caliph Walid II (709-744). Qusayr Amra represents one of finest examples of Umayyad art and architecture known for its lavish and
AMMAN The French nobleman, archaeologist and orientalist Louis Felicien de Saulcy(1807-1880) left the first detailed account about Khirbat Faris, a site on the Karak Plateau, with ceramics from the Nabataean and Middle Islamic periods. Saulsy visited the site in 1851 while in 1896 Alois Musil(1868-1944) described the site as “ a well preserved tower and ruined houses”. The
Discovered in a crumbling desert castle in Jordan, a fresco known as the Six Kings of the Earth provides a curious glimpse into the medieval Islamic world.