| Country |
Province State |
Region |
City Town |
District |
Site OR Event |
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Description |
Year Taken |
| Jordan |
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Mount Nebo |
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Moses Memorial Church |
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Memorial for the visit of Pope John Paul II. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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Mount Nebo |
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The road descending from Mount Nebo to the Jordan Valley. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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Mount Nebo |
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Desolate landscape near Mount Nebo. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
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Mount Nebo |
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View from Mount Nebo. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
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Eastern Desert |
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Sand dunes. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Kharana |
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Qasr Kharana is a khan (inn) built by the Ummayads. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Kharana |
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Qasr Kharana is made of sandstone. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Kharana |
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The building was built in 710 making it the oldest khan in the Islamic world. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Kharana |
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The interior courtyard. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Kharana |
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Rooms arranged around a central courtyard on two levels. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Kharana |
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Narrow doorway. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Kharana |
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Upper hallway. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Kharana |
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View of the khan. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Flat landscape. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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View of the desert. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
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Qusayr Amra dates from 711. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
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Qusayr Amra is a UNESCO World Heritage bath house. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
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The second building houses the well. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
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The well. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
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The Audience Hall is the largest chamber, used for parties and meals. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
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Fresco of a man slaughtering a cow for food. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
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The ceiling frescos show the crafts needed to build the bath house. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
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Fresco of wrestlers. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
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These early Islamic frescos are different to the later geometric Islamic art. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
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Musician. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
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Dancer. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
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Fresco of warriors. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
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The Audience Hall has some of the earliest known Islamic art which features human forms. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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|
Qusayr Amra |
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A pack of dogs chasing a gazelle. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
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A woman bathing. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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|
Qusayr Amra |
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The Caliph surrounded by Byzantine, Visigoth and Persian leaders. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
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Naked figures in the changing room. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
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Faces and animals on the ceiling in the changing room. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
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Bear playing a lute. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
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Deer. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
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Man with staff. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
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Dancing woman. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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|
Qusayr Amra |
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Woman bathing a child in the Tepidarium (warm water room). |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
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The Calidarium (hot water room). |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
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Drainage. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
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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 |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
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Ophiuchus and Sagittarius. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qusayr Amra |
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The Great Bear, Cassiopia and Andromeda. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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|
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Gravelly desert. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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|
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Camels in the Jordanian desert. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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|
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Mirrage and dust devils. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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|
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The oasis near Azrak. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
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Qasr (Castle) Azrak. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
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The fortress dates from Roman times (c211). |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
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The fortress is made from black basalt. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
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The entrance. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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|
Qasr Azrak |
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The fortress was rebuilt by the Arabs in the 13th century. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
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The doors are made from a single piece of basalt. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
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Indentations used for a game that used small stones. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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|
Qasr Azrak |
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View from the entrance. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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|
Qasr Azrak |
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The castle was used by T E Lawrence (of Arabia) as his base during World War 1. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
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The quarters of T E lawrence were above the entrance. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
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The isolated building was originally a Byzantine church and later became a mosque. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
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The mosque dates from the Ayyubid period (early 13th century). |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
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The mihrab (prayer niche) in the mosque. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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|
Qasr Azrak |
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The walls. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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|
Qasr Azrak |
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Visitor. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
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The walls and corner bastion. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
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Much of the castle is in ruins. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
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Prison. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
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Basalt lintels. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
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Kitchen area. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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|
Qasr Azrak |
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Kitchen items. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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|
Qasr Azrak |
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Sherif Hussein bin Ali used the fort for the Arab Revolt against Ottoman rule. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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Qasr Azrak |
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Reliefs from the Roman period. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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|
Qasr Azrak |
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Living quarters. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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|
Qasr Azrak |
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The interior. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Eastern Desert |
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|
Qasr Azrak |
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Door made from a single piece of basalt and described in "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom" by T E Lawrence. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Desert Highway |
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Desert hills. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Desert Highway |
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|
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Abandoned buildings. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Desert Highway |
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|
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Beduin settlement. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Desert Highway |
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|
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View of the desert. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Desert Highway |
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|
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The Hejaz Railway. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Desert Highway |
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|
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Desert landscape. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Desert Highway |
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|
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Beduin encampment. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Desert Highway |
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Dirt road. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Desert Highway |
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|
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The Desert Highway in the south. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Desert Highway |
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Distant hills. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Desert Highway |
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|
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Yellow landscape. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Desert Highway |
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|
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Dramatic rock formations. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Desert Highway |
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|
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Grazing camel. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Desert Highway |
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|
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The Desert Highway near Wadi Rum. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
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|
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The King's Highway runs North-South through spectacular desert scenery. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
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|
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The King's Highway crosses several deep gorges. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
|
Wadi El Hasa |
|
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Wadi El Hasa is one of several gorges crossed by the highway. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
|
Wadi El Hasa |
|
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Wadi El Hasa separates the Biblical lands of the Moabites and the Edomites. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
|
Wadi El Hasa |
|
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The oasis on the valley floor. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
|
Wadi El Hasa |
|
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Small settlement. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
|
|
|
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The village of Tafila is set in an oasis. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
|
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|
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Scattered trees in the desert landscape. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
|
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|
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Fertile shelf. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
|
|
|
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Donkey in the desert. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
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Wadi Mujib |
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Wadi Mujib. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
|
Wadi Mujib |
|
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Wadi Mujib separates the Biblical lands of the Moabites and the Amonites. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
|
Wadi Mujib |
|
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Wadi Mujib is 1000m deep. |
1986 |