| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Odeon
|
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The Odeon theatre dates from the 2nd century.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Odeon
|
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The rear of the Odeon.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Odeon
|
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The entrance to the self standing building.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Odeon
|
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The theatre holds 500 people.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Odeon
|
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The stage entrance.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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Jordanian desert guard in the Museum of Popular Traditions, one of two museums at the site.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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Circassian woman. The Circassians originated from the Caucuses.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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Circassian man.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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Thob, a traditional dress item of Beersheeba (now in Palestine).
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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Necklaces.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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Midraka, a traditional dress item of Irbid (northern Jordan).
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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Beduin jewelry. The Beduin are the main indigenous group in Jordan.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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Beduin jewelry.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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Beduin jewelry and stones.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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Beduin blue beads. Blue is the colour of the "evil eye" in this region.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
 |
Beduin blue beads in a ribon.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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Amber necklaces. Amber was brought to the region by Greek traders.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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Amber necklaces. The word "amber" is Arabic.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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Necklace made of agate.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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Patterns from southern Palestine.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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Women's face coverings from southern Palestine.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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Silver head dresses worn by Druze women from Syria.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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Inlaid table.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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The thob worn by women of Ramallah, Nablus, Jerusalem and Bethlehem (all now in Palestine).
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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Silver crescents.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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Beduin ornaments.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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Beduin bracelets.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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Chunky Beduin bracelets.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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Kirdan, a type of choker necklace.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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Church mosaic.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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Detail of an animal on a church mosaic.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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Mosaic with Greek inscription (Jerash).
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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Mosaic with cups and bath slippers (Madaba).
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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Mosaic with cock and grapes (Jerash).
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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Mosaic with dove (Madaba).
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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Mosaic of a partrage in a cage visited by another. In Byzantine times this was a symbol of the soul imprisoned in the body (Jerash).
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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Mosaic of a young man with a wig (Madaba).
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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Mosaic of a grape gatherer with a Phrygian cap (Jerash).
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Museum of Popular Traditions
|
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Detail of a mosaic.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Folklore Museum
|
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Model of a Beduin household in the Folklore Museum, one of two in the complex.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Folklore Museum
|
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An Ud (from where the word "lute" comes from) made in Syria.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Folklore Museum
|
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Musical instruments.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Folklore Museum
|
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Coffee grinder.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Folklore Museum
|
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Coffee pot.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Folklore Museum
|
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Metalware.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Folklore Museum
|
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Shisha pipe.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Folklore Museum
|
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Cylindrical message carrier.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Folklore Museum
|
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Tea table.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Folklore Museum
|
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Village room.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Folklore Museum
|
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Model of a weaving room from al-Salt.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Folklore Museum
|
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Insense burner.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
District : Roman Amphitheatre
Site / Event : Folklore Museum
|
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Tawla (backgammon).
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
|
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The golden domed Salmah Bin Alakwa'a Mosque.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
|
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Fruit stall.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Nymphaeum
|
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The Nymphaeum was a Roman public fountain.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Nymphaeum
|
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The site is on a street corner.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Nymphaeum
|
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The Nymphaeum dates from the 2nd century.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
|
 |
Al Nuriye Mosque.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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The Citadel dominates the downtown area from the city's highest hill.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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The Citadel is the original Ammonite settlement of the city.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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The Citadel overlooks the Roman Amphitheatre in the heart of downtown.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
 |
The site has structures from several eras.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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Many of the buildings are ruins.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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Visitors.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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The Citadel became a Greek garison in 325 BCE and a Roman fort in 63 BCE.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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The Temple of Hercules.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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The Temple of Hercules dates from 180.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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The Romans took the Citadel in 63 BCE.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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Roman ruins.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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Part of a statue.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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Roman structures.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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The Abbayid Watchtower dates from 1220.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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Byzantine church built in the 7th century.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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Ruins of a Byzantine church.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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The Ummayad (Islamic) section.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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The Ummayad domed entrance hall dates from c730.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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The entrance hall interior.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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The dome of the entrance hall.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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Ummayad decoration.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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View from the entrance hall.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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The Citadel is like a city within a city.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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Ummayad houses.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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Foundations of Ummayad houses (c 730).
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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Ruins of an Ummayad palace.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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The Ummayad quarter.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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Colonaded Roman street.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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Residential quarter.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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The city beyond the Citadel.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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The Ummayad mosque.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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Ruins of the Ummayad mosque.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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The city from the Citadel.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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View of the city's hills.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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High rise in the commercial district.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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The downtown area.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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Downtown street.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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View of the Roman Amphitheatre.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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The centre of the city.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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View of the city hills.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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View from the Citadel.
|
2019 |
| Jordan |
City / Town : Amman
Site / Event : Citadel
|
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View of the Odeon.
|
2019 |
were added from 1 February 2025.