Ancient Archaeology and World Heritage

Located in northern Jordan,  Jerash  is one of the largest and most well-preserved sites of  Greek and Roman architecture  in the world outside Italy. While the earliest evidence of human settlement in Jerash dates back to 7500 BCE during the Neolithic age, the city flourished during the Greek, Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods until its’ destruction by the  Galilee earthquake in 749 CE  and subsequent earthquakes. The archeological site of Jerash

The Amman Citadel  is an a rcheological site  located in Amman, the capital of Jordan. It is considered to be among the world’s oldest continuously inhabited places, beginning from the Pottery Neolithic Period (5500 BCE – 4500 BCE), followed by the Chalcolithic Period (4500 BCE – 3300 BCE), the Bronze Age (3300 BCE – 1200 BCE), the Iron Age (1200 BCE – 539 BCE), the Persian Period (539 BCE – 332 BCE), the Hellenistic Period (332 BCE- 63 BCE), the Nabataean Period (312 BCE – 106 CE), the Roman Period (63 BCE – 324 CE), the Byzantine Period (324 CE – 635 CE), the Umayyad Period (661 CE – 750 CE), the Abbasid Period (750 CE – 969 CE), the Fatimid Period (969 CE – 1171 CE), the Ayyubid Period (1171 CE – 1263 CE), the Mamluk Period (1250 CE – 1516 CE), all the way up to the Ottoman Period (1516 CE – 1918 CE). The Amman Citadel Currently, majority of the structures still remaining within the Citadel belong to the Roman, Byzantine, and Umayyad periods.   These incudes the  Temple of Hercules