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Jerash – an amazing ancient city in ruins

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Tony McMahon

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The ancient Roman city of Jerash never stopped changing through the Byzantine and crusader period though it declined economically and because of earthquakes

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Category: Templar History Tags: Ancient, Ancient Rome, archaeology, Current World Archaeology, history, Jerash, jordan, roman, Roman Empire

The biblical city of Gadara in Jordan

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Tony McMahon

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The Templar Knight blog has just visited the biblical city of Gadara – part of the Decapolis – and now known as Um Qais to see its Roman ruins

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Category: Templar History Tags: amphitheatre, Ancient, Ancient Rome, basalt, byzantine, Byzantine Empire, Decapolis, Gadara, Galilee, jesus, jordan, Kingdom, middle east, roman, rome, Saudi Arabia, syria, Templar, Um Qais