When Gadara was declared an archaeological site, residents were asked to relocate. According to former resident Ahmad Alomari, they took the soul of the town with them. “Here is my house ...

Gadara is about six miles from the sea. Its ruins include two amphitheaters, a basilica, temple, a hippodrome, aqueducts and colonnades, showing its importance and stature.

Gadara first appears in historical record shortly after the conquest of the region by the forces of Alexander the Great in 333 BC. Alexander's successors in Egypt, the Ptolemies, refounded Gadara as a ...

AMMAN — Over the course of the last 15 years, the Orient Department of the German Archaeological Institute in Berlin under the direction of Claudia Bührig has been “very active” in the ...

AMMAN — Ancient Gadara (modern Umm Qais) had a strategic location between the East and West Bank and was established in second part of third century BC and the city was part of the Hellenistic ...

Umm Qais and Gadara, The ruins of the glorious old Roman city of Gadara have been part covered by the less magnificent modern city of Umm Qais. Gadara was a fort city set on a hill and the ruins ...

AMMAN — Cities like Gadara (Umm Qais) and Gerasa (Jerash) were part of the pottery trade/production network in the Late Roman and Byzantine periods.Four types of fine pottery could be assigned ...