{"id":33051,"date":"2016-04-26T14:51:32","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T20:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=33051"},"modified":"2016-04-26T14:55:36","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T20:55:36","slug":"day-two-in-the-royal-hashemite-kingdom-of-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2016\/04\/day-two-in-the-royal-hashemite-kingdom-of-jordan.html","title":{"rendered":"Day Two in the Royal Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Gerasa \"Oval Forum\"<\/a>
Part of the so-called \u201cOval Forum\u201d at Jerash, in a photo by Diego Delso, from Wikimedia Commons, License CC-BY-SA 3.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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We were up fairly early this morning and off for a visit to the extensive and impressive ruins of Jerash, which was known anciently as Gerasa (or\u00a0\u0393\u03ad\u03c1\u03b1\u03c3\u03b1). \u00a0Although the site seems to have been inhabited from prehistoric times, the city as we know it was\u00a0founded by Alexander the Great, apparently as a kind of retirement community for his aging Macedonian soldiers. \u00a0(The word\u00a0\u03b3\u1fc6\u03c1\u03b1\u03c2 or\u00a0g\u0113ras<\/i>\u00a0means \u201cold age\u201d in ancient Greek.) \u00a0Think of St. George, or Del Webb\u2019s Sun City, or \u201cThe Villages (America\u2019s Friendliest Hometown).\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jerash\/Gerasa became an important regional metropolis under the Romans, as shown (for example) in its Nymphaeum, its triumphal arch dedicated to the Emperor Hadrian, and its various temples.<\/p>\n

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Hadrian\u2019s Arch was built around 129-130 AD \u00a0(Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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After lunch, we headed out on a long journey southwards, stopping first at the twelfth-century Crusader castle of al-Shawbak in the ancient land of Edom .<\/p>\n

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Al-Shawbak (or Montreal) Castle, in Jordan (Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Finally, we dropped in for a visit to the area known \u201cLittle Petra,\u201d a Nabatean Arab site that, like its famous nearby namesake, probably reached its highpoint in the first century AD:<\/p>\n

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A scene in \"Little Petra\"<\/a>
One of the temples at \u201cLittle Petra\u201d \u00a0(Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I\u2019m tired. \u00a0Jet-lag is a beast. \u00a0And it\u2019s been a long day, and tomorrow will be longer still.<\/p>\n

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Posted from Petra, Jordan<\/p>\n

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