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The Ancient Greco-Roman Ruins of Historic Jerash in Jordan

Petra isn’t Jordan’s only ancient treasure, say hello to Jerash! The Decapolis of the Roman Empire Gerasa, also referred to  Antioch on the Golden River, was one of ancient Rome’s ten cities of the Decapolis on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire in Judea and Syria. The ten cities of the Decapolis were: Philadelphia (Amman, Jordan)…

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