Photo of the Day ~ The Amazing Ruins Of The Greco-Roman City Of Gerasa

in #travel7 years ago

Jerash Is An Archaeology Site Of The Greco-Roman Ruins 

At Jerash the first thing you note is the condition of the ruins. What a marvelous site. The city of Gerasa was also called Antioch and is found in the North of Jordan.  This magnificent site shows the quality of the city. It is indeed the best of the Roman ruins we have seen outside of Italy.  You will find the ancient city among green hills and valleys filled with olive, plum, fig, and other fruit trees. This city was know for it's year around fresh water supply and as a bonus was set in a fertile valley. The city was destroyed and buried by an earthquake in 749 AD. The buried city was found in 1806 by an German explorer. 

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A historical site rich in the values of civilization. While writing this comment, I just returned from Borobudur temple in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, which also proves the richness of civilization of the past, long before Indonesia existed. I was reminded of Borobudur when I saw Jerash.
I'm waiting for a fuller story about Jerash on your next blog @exploretraveler. Thank you for sharing.

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This made me realize, that every empire will fall...

But this structure are very solid this was a long time ago an evidence of history, How great the engineers that time make us wonder.

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Thank you @chelsea20. Followed you.

It's very nice story ! Good luck 👍!

So beautiful , reminds me of my Roman history class from last semester :D

Hopefully it was mentioned :-) Thank you @journeyoflife

lovely shot..i just love it..thanks for sharing

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Why wait? Take smaller trips and pay for it with cryptocurency.

Thanks a lot for sharing @exploretraveler
I get more information about a place far from where i live.

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