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Baptism Site “Bethany Beyond the Jordan” (Al-Maghtas)
Located on the east bank of the Jordan River, 9 km north of the Dead Sea, this archaeological site consists of two distinct areas: Tell Al-Kharrar, also known as Jabal Mar-Elias (Mount Elijah), and the area of the Church of St. John the Baptist by the river. The site is located in a pristine natural environment and is believed to be the place where Jesus of Nazareth was baptized by John the Baptist. It has Roman and Byzantine remains, including churches and chapels, monasteries, caves used by hermits and a baptismal pool, which testify to the religious character of the site. The site is a place of pilgrimage for Christians.
Ancient Jericho/Sultan Trapezium
Located in the Jordan Valley, the site is an oval mound containing remains of prehistoric human activities, including the adjacent "Sultan Spring" (Ain es-Sultan), which never runs dry. Due to the fertile soil and convenient water sources of the oasis, permanent human settlements appeared here as early as 9-8 millennia BC. Skulls and statues found on the site show the religious worship customs of the Neolithic residents; archaeological data from the early Bronze Age show signs of urban planning; and remains from the Middle Bronze Age indicate that there was a large Canaanite city-state here, inhabited by a complex social group.
umm jimmar
<p>Umm Al-Jimāl is a rural settlement in northern Jordan that developed spontaneously from an earlier Roman settlement around the 5th century AD and continued until the end of the 8th century. It preserves basalt buildings from the Byzantine and early Islamic periods, reflecting the architectural style of the Hauran region, as well as some former Roman military buildings that were adapted for other uses by later inhabitants. The settlement is located in a vast agricultural landscape that also includes a complex water collection system that supported agriculture and animal husbandry. The earliest buildings excavated at Umm Al-Jimāl date from the 1st century AD, when the area was part of the Nabataean Kingdom. A rich collection of inscriptions in Greek, Nabataean, Safavid, Latin, and Arabic, spanning many centuries, provides a deep understanding of the local history and reveals the evolution of the inhabitants' religious beliefs. </p>
As-Salt - The Place of Tolerance and Urban Hospitality
The city of As Salt is located on three densely packed hills in the Barka Highlands in west-central Jordan and is an important trade link between the eastern desert and the west. During the last 60 years of Ottoman rule, the area prospered due to the arrival and settlement of merchants from Nablus, Syria and Lebanon, who made their fortunes through trade, banking and agriculture. This prosperity attracted skilled craftsmen from different parts of the region, who worked to transform this humble rural settlement into a thriving town with a unique layout and an architectural style characterized by large public buildings and family homes built from local yellow limestone. The urban core of the site includes approximately 650 important historic buildings, which blend European Art Nouveau and neo-colonial styles with local traditions. The city's non-segregated development reflects tolerance between Muslims and Christians, who developed a tradition of hospitality, which is reflected in the Madafas (guesthouses, called Dawaween) and the social welfare system Takaful Ijtimai'. These tangible and intangible aspects emerged through the fusion of rural traditions with the practices of bourgeois merchants and artisans during the golden age of Sarthe's development, from the 1860s to the 1920s.