PETRA: Introduction:
The ancient Nabataean city of Petra holds many secrets. Historians are just beginning to uncover the story behind this amazing city. We here at Nabataea.net believe that in time Petra will become …
Petra: Lost City of Stone:
One of the best videos about the history of Petra.
The Wall:
Sometime back in history, someone living in this same area as the Nabataean Inner Kingdom decided to do something about the desert raids. Their solution was brilliant. Forts were constructed on …
Archaeology and Islam #07 - Zamzam:
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Where was the original ZamZam well? In Mecca or in Petra?
Transcript
Video #7 This is a general transcript of a Dan Gibson video in the series: Archeology and …
Bozrah :
Bozrah was the capital city of the Edomites, once they settled from their nomadic lifestyle. It is located in modern day Jordan along the King’s Highway.
The photo below, taken from the west …
Gadara (Um Qais):
The Roman city of Gadara
Gadara was a Roman town in the north of Jordan. It had a university from which Meleager, the great poet came. Today two theaters survive, plus several temples and piles of …
Wadi Rum:
A Nabataean settlement was discovered in Wadi Rum by G. Horsfield and excavated by himself in the early 1930s. Later in May 1959 D. Kirkbride conducted another excavation. In 1962 the Department of …
Petra:
Petra is the best known of all of the Nabataean cities. Today thousands of tourists visit this site and stare in awe at the huge funerary monuments. While there are over 1000 monuments in Petra, there …
Amman Station:
In 1878, the Ottoman authorities directed the Circassian immigrants who were mainly of peasant stock to settle in Amman, and distributed arable land among them. The first Circassian settlers lived …
Travel the Incense Route from Ubar to Gaza:
Incense was located in Yemen in what is known as the Hadramout area, and also in Oman along the shores south of Ubar. To get the incense, Nabataean merchants traveled to Yemen and Oman, and then …
Q&A #22 Petra Earthquakes:
When did Petra become a ruined city Dan Gibson provides a survey of earthquakes in Petra, until the end of the city.
TRANSCRIPTS \ Hello I am a Dan Gibson, and today’s video will answer the objection …
Archaeology and Islam #23 The Petra Scrolls:
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In 1993 140 charred scrolls and many fragments were found in the back room of an ancient church in Petra. What can we learn from the Petra Scrolls? Discover how the …
Hawara (Humeima):
The Nabataean city of Hawara (modern Humeima) is an important historical site, as it is a city that was founded by the Nabataeans, and survived only into the Byzantine era. During the Muslim …
Gryn:
Gryn is located in the southern highlands of Jordan, south of Ayl. On the hill-top stands a fortification, while the artesian wells empty their water into ancient cisterns and aqueducts below the …
Wadi Arabah:
A wadi is a dry river bed or valley. Wadi Arabah is one of the larger wadi’s in the Middle East. It extends 165 km north from Aqaba to the Dead Sea. From here on it is known as the Ghor, which …
Wadi Rum: Valley of Board Games:
At the Second Annual Conference for Nabataean Studies, Dr. Bilal Khrisat of the Hashemite University, presented a paper that introduced the conference to the various board games that are found in …
Mar Elyas Hill:
Mar Elyas Hill is about 9 km north west of Ajoun Castle in northern Jordan, in a woodland surrounded by wild trees one each side. the site is a small hill which is about 900m above sea level. However …
Ajoun Castle:
Ajloun Castle (قلعة عجلون) Qalʻat ‘Ajloun, is a 12th-century Muslim castle situated in northwestern Jordan. It is placed on a hilltop belonging to the Mount Ajloun district, also known as Jabal …
Shoubak Castle:
Shoubak was built by the Crusader king Baldwin I in 1115. Its defenders withstood numerous attacks from the armies of Saladin (Salah ad Din) before succumbing in 1189 (a year after Karak), after an …
Burqu Qasr:
Mosque Name: Qasr Burqu’
Country: Jordan
City: Desert Castle
Year of construction (AH): 81 AH
Year of construction (AD): 700 AD
GPS: 34° 0’26.03”N 36°12’25.59”E
Gibson Classification: unknown …
Kerak Castle:
Kerak Castle (قلعة الكرك) is a large Crusader castle located in the town of al-Karak, Jordan. It is one of the largest crusader castles in the Levant. Construction of the castle began in the 1140s, …
Qasr Muwaqqar:
Mosque Name: Qasr Muwaqqar
Country: Jordan
City: Muwaqqar
Year of construction (AH): 104 AH
Year of construction (AD): 723 AD
GPS: 31°48’45.63”N 36° 6’13.67”E
Gibson …
Grand Hussein Mosque:
Mosque Name: Masjid al-Umawi
Country: Amman
City: Jordan
Year of construction (AH): 106 AH
Year of construction (AD): 725 AD
GPS: 31°56’59.16”N 35°56’5.15”E
Gibson …
Qusayr Amra:
Mosque Name: Qusayr Amra and Bath-house
Country: Jordan
City: Desert Castle
Year of construction (AH): 126 AH
Year of construction (CE): 743 CE
Bath House: GPS: 31°48’6.89”N …
Qasr 'Uweinid:
Mosque Name: Qasr Uweinid
Country: Jordan
City: Desert Castle
Year of construction (AH): unknown
Year of construction (AD): 8th Century
GPS: 31°47’6.14”N 36°44’2.44”E
Gibson …
Qasr Al-Hallabat:
Mosque Name: Qasr Al-Hallabat
Country: Jordan
City: Desert Castle
Year of construction (AH): 212 AH
Year of construction (AD): 827 AD
GPS: 32° 5’35.51”N 36°19’40.96”E
Original …
Jerash Umayyad Mosque:
Mosque Name: Jerash Umayyad Mosque
Country: Jordan
City: Jerash
Year of construction (AH): 105
Year of construction (AD): 725
GPS: 32°16’44.96”N 35°53’28.71”E
Gibson …
Qasr Mushash complex:
Mosque Name: Qasr Mushash
Country: Jordan
City: Desert Castle
Year of construction (AH): unknown
Year of construction (AD): 7th century
GPS: 31°48’47.90”N 36°18’56.93”E
Gibson …
Qasr El-Bai’j:
Mosque Name: Qasr El-Bai’j
Country: Jordan
City: Desert Castle
Year of construction (AH): pre-Islam
Year of construction (AD): 410
GPS: 32°22’7.32”N 36°20’33.28”E
Gibson …
Qasr Um Jemal & Congregational Mosque:
Mosque Name: Qasr Um Jemal & Congregational Mosque
Country: Jordan
City: Um Jemal
Year of construction (AH):
Year of construction (AD): 7th century
GPS: 32°19’29.56”N …
Um Jemal:
The city of Um al Jemal covers several acres, and is filled with tumbled down buildings. All of the buildings are made from dark rock native to the location, so that from a distance Um al Jemal …
Um Al Walid:
Mosque Name: Um Al Walid
Country: Jordan
City: Um Walid
Year of construction (AH): 93 AH
Year of construction (AD): 712 AD
GPS: 31.646810 35.899799
West Qasr: Gibson Classification: Between
East Qasr: …
Khann Zabib:
Mosque Name: Khirbet Khann al Zabib
Country: Jordan
City: Desert Castle
Year of construction (AH): 93 AH
Year of construction (AD): 712 AD
GPS: 31°30’49.91”N 36° 6’2.63”E …
Qasr Qastal:
Mosque Name: Qasr Qastal
Country: Jordan
City: Qastal
Year of construction (AH): 101 AH
Year of construction (AD): 720 AD
GPS: 31°44’45.68”N 35°56’23.24”E
Gibson …
Qasr Bayir:
Mosque Name: Qasr Bayir
Country: Jordan
City: Deasert Castle
Year of construction (AH): 125 AH
Year of construction (AD): 743 AD
GPS: 30°45’43.33”N 36°40’45.58”E
Gibson …
Mushatta Palace & Mosque:
Mosque Name: Mushatta Palace
Country: Jordan
City: Amman
Year of construction (AH): 125 AH
Year of construction (AD): 743 AD
GPS: 31°44’17.42”N 36° 0’35.95”E
ArchNet: …
Qasr Tubah:
Mosque Name: Qasr Tubah
Country: Jordan
City: Desert Castle
Year of construction (AH): 126 AH
Year of construction (AD): 743 AD
GPS: 31°19’32”N 36°34’15”E
Gibson …
Qasr Al-Fudayn:
Mosque Name: Qasr Al-Fedayn Mosque
Country: Jordan
City: Mufraq
Year of construction (AD): 700-744
GPS: 32°20’44.32”N 36°12’2.55”E
Gibson Classification: Between (181.8) …
Qasr 'Azraq Mosque:
Mosque Name: Qasr ‘Azraq Mosque
Country: Jordan
City: ‘Azraq
Year of construction (AD): 8th century
GPS: 31°52’48.62”N 36°49’38.78”E
Gibson Classification: Between …
Qasr Aseikhin Mosque:
Mosque Name: Qasr Aseikhin Mosque
Country: Jordan
City: Desert Castle
Year of construction (AD): 8th century
GPS: 31°56’46.14”N 36°57’6.91”E
Gibson Classification: Mecca
For a …
Qasr Al-Hallabat Mosque:
Mosque Name: Qasr Al-Hallabat Mosque
Country: Jordan
City: Desert Castle
Year of construction (AD): 705-740 AD Set according to texts
GPS: 32° 5’35.51”N 36°19’40.96”E
Gibson …
Husn Umayyad Mosque:
Mosque Name: Husn Umayyad Mosque
Country: Jordan
City: Hasn
Year of construction (AH): 600-699 CE
GPS: 32.489716° 35.880004°
Gibson Classification: Faces Petra
Rebuilt facing Mecca: Never …
Sal Mosque:
Mosque Name: Sal Mosque
Country: Jordan
City: Sal (near Irbid)
Year of construction (AD): 700-799 CE
GPS: 32.570451° 35.911254°
Gibson Classification: Between
Rebuilt facing Mecca: never
For a Link to …
Bushra Mosque:
Mosque Name: Bushra Mosque
Country: Bushra (near Irbid)
City: Jordan
Year of construction (AD): 700-799 CE
GPS: 32.558159° 35.894752°
Gibson Classification: Between
Rebuilt facing Mecca:
For a Link to …
Tibnah Mosque:
Mosque Name: Tibnah Mosque
Country: Jordan
City: Tibnah
Year of construction (CE): 700-799
GPS: 32.477252° 35.727335°
Gibson Classification: Between
Rebuilt facing Mecca: Never
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Be'er Karkom:
Mosque Name: Be’er Karkom - Two Open-Air Mosques
Country: Negev
City: Rural, Negev Highlands
Year of construction (AD): 700-799
Be’er Karkom1 GPS: 30.289766 34.766608
Gibson …
Samra Mosque:
Mosque Name: Khirbet Samra Mosque
Country: Jordan
City: Samra, Mufraq Province
Year of construction (AD): 600-699
GPS: 32.180045 36.162585
Gibson Classification:: Petra 198
Rebuilt facing Mecca: Never …
Nitl Mosque:
Mosque Name: Nitl Mosque
Country: Jordan
City: Nitl
Year of construction (AD): 1100 CE
GPS: 31.652248, 35.861363
Gibson Classification: Between 176.69
Description:
A long rectangular mosque with …
Suf Mosque:
Mosque Name: Masjid ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azīz
Country: Jordan
City: Suf
Year of construction (AH): 68 AH
Year of construction (AD): 687 AD
GPS: 32.31528, 35.83889
Gibson Classification: Petra, 200.9 …
Beni Hasan Mosque:
Mosque Name: Ain Beni Hasan Mosque
Country: Jordan
City: Ain Beni Hasan
Year of construction (AD): 700-799
GPS: 32.270165, 36.055454
Gibson Classification: Between
Description:
The prayer room is …
Rajum:
Mosque Name: Rajum Qasr and Mosque
also known as: Rujm al-Kursī
Country: Jordan
City: Amman
Year of construction (AH): 600-699
GPS: 31.970292° 35.838694°
Gibson Classification: Mosque Qibla: 183.9 …
Hayan Mishref:
Mosque Name: Hayan Mishref
Country: Jordan
City: Mufraq Governate
Year of construction (AD): 700-799
GPS: 32.267299° 36.153612°
Gibson Classification: Petra
Rebuilt facing Mecca: never
Description: …
Sa'd:
Mosque Name: Sa’d Mosques, (north and south)
Country: Jordan
City: Sa’d
Year of construction (AH): Umayyad
North Mosque GPS: 32.341605 35.980332
South Mosque GPS: 32.339167 35.981111 …
Sabata:
Mosque Name: Khirbet Sabata (Sabta)
Country: Jordan
City: Sabata
Year of construction (AH): 600-699
GPS: 32.292694 35.851925
Gibson Classification: Petra 187°
Rebuilt facing Mecca: Never
Description: …
Rashidiya:
This Jordanian Umayyad Qasr has been divided in two by a modern road. It faced Petra. There is a modern mosque beside it.
Beidha Mosques:
Mosque 1
Mosque Name: Umm Qussa Mosque 1
Country: Jordan
City: Baidha (near Petra)
Year of construction (CE): 800-899
GPS: 30.374861 35.454722
Gibson Classification: Mecca
Description:
Plan: A long …
