Jerash Jordan Feb 2026

[Comet Hunter]

SO, i am slowly getting my DSLR images processed from my trip to the Middle East visiting both Jordan and Egypt.

On my actual 1st day we visited the Amman Citadel, but as luck would have it, they were having a "sandstorm" which made me realize I was not in Kansas anymore.
All the pictures of that day came out pretty bla due to the background storm so I am not going to bother posting, but you can see in some of these images below some of the remnants of that storm till the sun came out.

This grouping is from Jerash Jordan. Jerash today is said to be home to one of the best-preserved Greco-Roman cities, which earned it the nickname "Pompeii of the Middle East". In 2025, the findings of a mass grave excavated in Jerash attest archaeologically and genetically to the presence of the Plague of Justinian in this region of the world.

All comments welcome! I have lots more images to share as I get them processed

# 1 Such a grand entrance to this site

Such detail

If walls could talk!

OK, a little camera trickety as I added this cloudy blue sky, Maybe over kill? This was a really dreary photo with the original sky. 1st time for me adding a new background sky

But this image captured the real scale of this place showing my wife with her friend, with LOTS of other people being cut out too

This one below shows how the sky really looked in the above image originally,

I think Humpty Dumpty was here?

One of the locals. Yep, Im not in Kansas anymore

Can you image what this looked like or what it was like living here during its hayday ?

I can only imagin at all the people who walked through this door way over time

Each little nook was a appartment or storekeepers shop, the original strip mall

Photo Bombed, I missed that guy

During its peak in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, Jerash (ancient Gerasa) had an estimated population of 15,000 to 20,000 people, acting as a thriving Roman city in the Decapolis league. The city's population remained robust, around 25000 people during the Byzantime period, before declining following the 749 AD earthquake which took its toll

Another gateway of wonderment, parts and pieces just hanging on for dear life!

The original Lego's .. Such details in these carvings. And I have trouble cutting a 2x4 to the right length lol

rand

 

[AlanLichty]

Nice set - brings back some pleasant memories. Interesting to see all the green vegetation and blooms around the ruins - a good reminder of the advantages of a winter visit. All my old slides have brown where your images show green.

Archaeologists have uncovered a lot more of the city since I visited in 1976. I like that I don't see as many reconstruction efforts as I would have expected. Few reconstructions really look all that authentic with modern plaster/cement, and stone. There were actually quite a few more earthquakes than the one in 749CE. Several other big regional ones came before that in 113CE, 363, 502, 551. 633, 659, and 757. This is a very seismically active area with several of these quakes impacting sites ranging from the Red Sea up into Syria.

 

[JimFox]

So amazing Ed! First off great job on the editing, I know that's a huge undertaking.

I enjoyed looking at all of them. With #8, I would suggest to crop that bit of sky off at the top. It turns that image then into the classic arch after arch after arch image. That bit of sky at the top distracts and takes the eyes away from the archways.

 

[Comet Hunter]

So amazing Ed! First off great job on the editing, I know that's a huge undertaking.

I enjoyed looking at all of them. With #8, I would suggest to crop that bit of sky off at the top. It turns that image then into the classic arch after arch after arch image. That bit of sky at the top distracts and takes the eyes away from the archways.

Got it, i wondered about that one too, thanks for the feed back