AMMAN His Majesty King Abdullah visited Madaba on Tuesday and met with a number of local community leaders in the governorate.At the meeting, attended by HRH Crown Prince Hussein, King Abdullah said Madaba has great potential in tourism and agriculture, calling for devising a plan, in partnership with the local community, to develop these sectors and alleviate poverty and
AMMAN His Majesty King Abdullah, accompanied by HRH Crown Prince Hussein, on Tuesday, visited the Fortress of Machaerus, and called for developing and protecting the tourist site.King Abdullah listened to a briefing by Tourism Minister Makram Queisi on the tourism development plan of the Fortress of Machaerus and Madaba, according to a Royal Court statement.
AMMAN The ancient stronghold of Machaerus is a prominent archaeological site located approximately 25 kilometres southeast from the mouth of the Jordan River. “The site was discovered by the German explorer Ulrich Jasper Seetzen [1767-1811] in 1807, and he was the first to identify the site as the ancient Machaerus ‘sword’, mentioned by Roman geographers and historians
AMMAN The ancient stronghold of Machaerus is a prominent archaeological site located approximately 25 kilometres southeast from the mouth of the Jordan River. “The site was discovered by the German explorer Ulrich Jasper Seetzen [1767-1811] in 1807, and he was the first to identify the site as the ancient Machaerus ‘sword’, mentioned by Roman geographers and historians
AMMAN Hirbet Atarus is a small Iron Age site located in central Jordan, some 14km northwest from Dhiban and 4km east from Machaerus fortress.The temple is now described as three parallel rooms that measure 353 sq.m. and fronting on a courtyard. “There is no parallel in the region” for a temple with such rooms, noted Canadian archaeologist, Professor Emerita Michele Daviau,