Archaeological Site of Jerash

Local nameArchaeological Site of Jerash
LocationJerash, Jordan

Jerash is a city in northern Jordan. The city is the administrative center of the Jerash Governorate, and has a population of 50,745 as of 2015. It is located 48 kilometres north of the capital city Amman.

The earliest evidence of settlement in Jerash is in a Neolithic site known as Tal Abu Sowan, where rare human remains dating to around 7500 BC were uncovered. Jerash flourished during the Greek, Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods until the mid-eighth century CE, when the 749 Galilee earthquake destroyed large parts of it, while subsequent earthquakes contributed to additional destruction. However, in the year 1120, Zahir ad-Din Toghtekin, atabeg of Damascus ordered a garrison of forty men to build up a fort in an unknown site of the ruins of the ancient city, likely the highest spot of the city walls in the north-eastern…

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerash

Official website http://www.jerash.gov.jo/

More information http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/jordan/jerash/jerash.html

Address (Unnamed Road), Jarash, Jordan

Coordinates 32°16'58.332" N 35°53'30.073" E

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