Ajlun Nature Reserve (13 sq km) is located in the Gilead Hills and consists of Mediterranean-like hill country, dominated by open woodlands of oak and pistachio trees. The reserve was first establishe...
This small museum at the University of Jordan was officially opened in1986. The museum has exhibition halls, research workshops, photography and draught rooms, a conservation laboratory and is an acad...
The walls of the Citadel enclose the remains of ancient Philadelphia, a Greco-Roman city once part of the Decapolis. They enclose the remains of the Temple of Hercules, the Ommayed Palace and a small ...
Amman was once a member of the Decapolis, a league of 10 affiliated trading cities. At that time the city was known as Philadelphia and the crumbling ruins within the Citadel complex are the best rema...
Iraq al-Amir sits in the Wadi Seer, some 35 km west of Amman and is home to Qas’r Iraq al-Amir, according to the Roman historian Flavius Josephus it was built by Hyrcanus during the reign of Seleucus ...
The Jordan Folklore Museum is located within the western section of the Roman Theatre in Amman. This museum was founded by the Department of Antiquities and officially opened in 1975 and houses items ...
The Royal Society for Fine Arts established the Jordan National Gallery for Fine Arts at Jabel Al Weibdeh in Amman. Since its establishment, the gallery has greatly expanded; its collection started wi...
The site of Mar Elias has associations with the prophet Elijah who was said to have been born close by in the village of Lesteb. On his death the site became a pilgrimage spot and excavation in the la...
The Museum of Popular Traditions was established in 1971 and is located within the eastern section of the Roman Theatre in Amman. Its aims are to collect Jordanian and Palestinian folk heritage from a...
Located within the famous Amman Citadel the National Archaeological Museum was built in 1951 and houses artefacts found in sites around the country. The collection is arranged in chronological order a...
