RickCollier > The Roman theater frames a view of central Amman, Jordan, rising to the Citadel and remains of the Roman Temple of Hercules on the hill beyond.  Columns and trees just outside the theater mark the site of what was once the on of the largest fora in the Roman Empire.  © Rick Collier






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RickCollier > At the Theater.  Two women chat, seated at the top row of the Roman theater in the oldest, Islamic section of Amman, Jordan.  What is now Amman was once the city known in the classical world as Roman Philadelphia.  © Rick Collier






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RickCollier > Setting sun turned the sky yellow and orange, silhouetting mosque minarets and the city skyline on some of the seven hills in Amman, Jordan.  © Rick Collier






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RickCollier > Remaining capital standing at the site of the Roman Temple of Hercules, at the Citadel, Amman, Jordan.  © Rick Collier






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RickCollier > The remains of the Roman temple of Hercules, located at the Citadel atop the central hill in Amman, Jordan.  The temple was originally built in the time of Marcus Aurelius.  © Rick Collier






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RickCollier > The modern promised land and Galilee spread out below Mt. Nebo, Jordan.  © Rick Collier




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RickCollier > A stylized "Jesus crucified" overlooks the view of the Promised Land (now Israel), as Moses must have seen it at the top of Mt. Nebo, Jordan. © Rick Collier




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RickCollier > Mt. Nebo Mosaic.  A detail of one section of one of the oldest mosaics, part of the floor at the church of Moses on Mt. Nebo, Jordan.  © Rick Collier




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RickCollier > Mt. Nebo Altar.  The central pews and altar in the church at the top of  Mt. Nebo, dedicated to Moses on the site the Bible identifies as the mountain from which Moses first saw the Promised Land.  This is only the latest of a long series of churches built on this site.  Under a tin roof, a new structure protects original walls and floor tiles, some of which date from the Roman occupation of this part of the Holy Land.  Mt. Nebo, Jordan.  © Rick Collier




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The Roman theater frames a view of central Amman, Jordan, rising to the Citadel and remains of the Roman Temple of Hercules on the hill beyond. Columns and trees just outside the theater mark the site of what was once the on of the largest fora in the Roman Empire. © Rick Collier






Jordan Amman Rome 'Roman Empire' 'Roman Philadelphia' ancient antiquity tourism tourist 'Roman forum' city Islamic buildings apartments 'city center' history historic classic classical citadel Hercules 'Temple of Hercules' acropolis panorama panoramic view
RickCollier > The Roman theater frames a view of central Amman, Jordan, rising to the Citadel and remains of the Roman Temple of Hercules on the hill beyond.  Columns and trees just outside the theater mark the site of what was once the on of the largest fora in the Roman Empire.  © Rick Collier






Jordan Amman Rome 'Roman Empire' 'Roman Philadelphia' ancient antiquity tourism tourist 'Roman forum' city Islamic buildings apartments 'city center' history historic classic classical citadel Hercules 'Temple of Hercules' acropolis panorama panoramic view
The Roman theater frames a view of central Amman, Jordan, rising to the Citadel and remains of the Roman Temple of Hercules on the hill beyond. Columns and trees just outside the theater mark the site of what was once the on of the largest fora in the Roman Empire. © Rick Collier






Jordan Amman Rome 'Roman Empire' 'Roman Philadelphia' ancient antiquity tourism tourist 'Roman forum' city Islamic buildings apartments 'city center' history historic classic classical citadel Hercules 'Temple of Hercules' acropolis panorama panoramic view
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