Nymphaeum, Jerash, Jordan.

Nymphaeum, Jerash, Jordan.

2-491-989 - Vivienne Sharp/Heritage Images

Nymphaeum, Jerash, Jordan. The site of a settlement since the Bronze Age, the Greco-Roman city of Gerasa (Jerash) was established in the 2nd century BC and was one of the ten cities in Syria and Palestine known as the Decapolis. Jerash became a Roman city of the province of Syria in 63 BC. The city was largely destroyed by an earthquake in 749. The excavation of the site, which has revealed extensive ruins, began in the 1920s. A nymphaeum was a monument dedicated to nymphs, particularly those associated with springs. The example in Jerash was built in 191 AD.


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Creator
  1. Vivienne Sharp, attributed to: British: Photographer

Medium
  1. Photograph

Geographic Hierarchy

World Asia Jordan Jarash Gerasa

  1. 32 17 00 N , 035 53 00 E

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Locations & Buildings Places of Worship

Locations & Buildings Archaeological Sites

Religion & Belief Other

Architecture & Archaeology Ancient Sites

Lifestyle Religious Beliefs Other

Places Asia Jordan Other


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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3444x5113
File Size : 51,590kb


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  1. 86B0/000726/00/VS
  1. 0470013164
  1. 2-491-989
  1. 2491989
  1. 86B0/000726/00/VS

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