Country |
Province State |
Region |
City Town |
District |
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Description |
Year Taken |
Jordan |
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Mount Nebo |
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Moses Memorial Church |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel50790.jpg) |
Memorial for the visit of Pope John Paul II. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Mount Nebo |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel50791.jpg) |
The road descending from Mount Nebo to the Jordan Valley. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Mount Nebo |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel03780.jpg) |
Desolate landscape near Mount Nebo. |
1986 |
Jordan |
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Mount Nebo |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel19105.jpg) |
View from Mount Nebo. |
1986 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49260.jpg) |
Sand dunes. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Kharana |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49261.jpg) |
Qasr Kharana is a khan (inn) built by the Ummayads. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Kharana |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49262.jpg) |
Qasr Kharana is made of sandstone. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Kharana |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49263.jpg) |
The building was built in 710 making it the oldest khan in the Islamic world. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Kharana |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49264.jpg) |
The interior courtyard. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Kharana |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49265.jpg) |
Rooms arranged around a central courtyard on two levels. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Kharana |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49266.jpg) |
Narrow doorway. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Kharana |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49267.jpg) |
Upper hallway. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Kharana |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49268.jpg) |
View of the khan. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49269.jpg) |
Flat landscape. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49270.jpg) |
View of the desert. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49271.jpg) |
Qusayr Amra dates from 711. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49272.jpg) |
Qusayr Amra is a UNESCO World Heritage bath house. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49273.jpg) |
The second building houses the well. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49274.jpg) |
The well. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49275.jpg) |
The Audience Hall is the largest chamber, used for parties and meals. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49276.jpg) |
Fresco of a man slaughtering a cow for food. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49277.jpg) |
The ceiling frescos show the crafts needed to build the bath house. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49278.jpg) |
Fresco of wrestlers. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49279.jpg) |
These early Islamic frescos are different to the later geometric Islamic art. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49280.jpg) |
Musician. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49281.jpg) |
Dancer. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49282.jpg) |
Fresco of warriors. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49283.jpg) |
The Audience Hall has some of the earliest known Islamic art which features human forms. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49284.jpg) |
A pack of dogs chasing a gazelle. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49285.jpg) |
A woman bathing. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49286.jpg) |
The Caliph surrounded by Byzantine, Visigoth and Persian leaders. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49287.jpg) |
Naked figures in the changing room. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49288.jpg) |
Faces and animals on the ceiling in the changing room. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49289.jpg) |
Bear playing a lute. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49290.jpg) |
Deer. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49291.jpg) |
Man with staff. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49292.jpg) |
Dancing woman. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49293.jpg) |
Woman bathing a child in the Tepidarium (warm water room). |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49294.jpg) |
The Calidarium (hot water room). |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49295.jpg) |
Drainage. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49296.jpg) |
The dome has a map of the Northern sky which is one of the earliest depictions of the sky on a curved surface. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49297.jpg) |
Ophiuchus and Sagittarius. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49298.jpg) |
The Great Bear, Cassiopia and Andromeda. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49299.jpg) |
Gravelly desert. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel02916.jpg) |
Camels in the Jordanian desert. |
1986 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel03782.jpg) |
Mirrage and dust devils. |
1986 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel19107.jpg) |
The oasis near Azrak. |
1986 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel19106.jpg) |
Qasr (Castle) Azrak. |
1986 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49300.jpg) |
The fortress dates from Roman times (c211). |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49301.jpg) |
The fortress is made from black basalt. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49302.jpg) |
The entrance. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49303.jpg) |
The fortress was rebuilt by the Arabs in the 13th century. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49304.jpg) |
The doors are made from a single piece of basalt. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49305.jpg) |
Indentations used for a game that used small stones. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49306.jpg) |
View from the entrance. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel03781.jpg) |
The castle was used by T E Lawrence (of Arabia) as his base during World War 1. |
1986 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49307.jpg) |
The quarters of T E lawrence were above the entrance. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel00823.jpg) |
The isolated building was originally a Byzantine church and later became a mosque. |
1986 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49308.jpg) |
The mosque dates from the Ayyubid period (early 13th century). |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49309.jpg) |
The mihrab (prayer niche) in the mosque. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49310.jpg) |
The walls. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49311.jpg) |
Visitor. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49312.jpg) |
The walls and corner bastion. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49313.jpg) |
Much of the castle is in ruins. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49314.jpg) |
Prison. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49315.jpg) |
Basalt lintels. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49316.jpg) |
Kitchen area. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49317.jpg) |
Kitchen items. |
2019 |
Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49318.jpg) |
Sherif Hussein bin Ali used the fort for the Arab Revolt against Ottoman rule. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49319.jpg) |
Reliefs from the Roman period. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49320.jpg) |
Living quarters. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49321.jpg) |
The interior. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49322.jpg) |
Door made from a single piece of basalt and described in "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom" by T E Lawrence. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Desert Highway |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49323.jpg) |
Desert hills. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Desert Highway |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49324.jpg) |
Abandoned buildings. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Desert Highway |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49325.jpg) |
Beduin settlement. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Desert Highway |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49326.jpg) |
View of the desert. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Desert Highway |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel49327.jpg) |
The Hejaz Railway. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Desert Highway |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel50562.jpg) |
Desert landscape. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Desert Highway |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel50563.jpg) |
Beduin encampment. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Desert Highway |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel50564.jpg) |
Dirt road. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Desert Highway |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel50565.jpg) |
The Desert Highway in the south. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Desert Highway |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel50566.jpg) |
Distant hills. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Desert Highway |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel50567.jpg) |
Yellow landscape. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Desert Highway |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel50568.jpg) |
Dramatic rock formations. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Desert Highway |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel50569.jpg) |
Grazing camel. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Desert Highway |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel50570.jpg) |
The Desert Highway near Wadi Rum. |
2019 |
Jordan |
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Kings Highway |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel19127.jpg) |
The King's Highway runs North-South through spectacular desert scenery. |
1986 |
Jordan |
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Kings Highway |
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|
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel19128.jpg) |
The King's Highway crosses several deep gorges. |
1986 |
Jordan |
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Kings Highway |
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Wadi El Hasa |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel19129.jpg) |
Wadi El Hasa is one of several gorges crossed by the highway. |
1986 |
Jordan |
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Kings Highway |
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Wadi El Hasa |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel19130.jpg) |
Wadi El Hasa separates the Biblical lands of the Moabites and the Edomites. |
1986 |
Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
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Wadi El Hasa |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel19131.jpg) |
The oasis on the valley floor. |
1986 |
Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
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Wadi El Hasa |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel19132.jpg) |
Small settlement. |
1986 |
Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
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|
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel19133.jpg) |
The village of Tafila is set in an oasis. |
1986 |
Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel19134.jpg) |
Scattered trees in the desert landscape. |
1986 |
Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
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|
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel19135.jpg) |
Fertile shelf. |
1986 |
Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
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|
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel19136.jpg) |
Donkey in the desert. |
1986 |
Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
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Wadi Mujib |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel19137.jpg) |
Wadi Mujib. |
1986 |
Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
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Wadi Mujib |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel19138.jpg) |
Wadi Mujib separates the Biblical lands of the Moabites and the Amonites. |
1986 |
Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
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Wadi Mujib |
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![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel19139.jpg) |
Wadi Mujib is 1000m deep. |
1986 |