Can I just start by saying I LOVE Jordan! Definitely recommend that you travel there if the opportunity presents itself (or you can create the opportunity)!
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| The View from Mt. Nebo, where Moses saw the promise land |
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| Map of the view from Mt. Nebo |
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| Mosaic demonstration |
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| they cut sheets or chips of actual colored rocks into the exact size piece they need |
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| Mosaic in a church floor of an ancient map of what is presently Egypt, Israel, and Jordan |
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| Mosaic of Jesus in the same church |
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| Taking in Jordan's version of the Grand Canyon |
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| Kerak Castle, one of the many crusader castles in Jordan, to oversea the trade routes, this was is exactly parallel to Bethlehem |
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| Entrance to Petra |
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| Frankincense and myrrh |
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| Eroded rock resembling an elephant, Petra |
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| Remnants of statues, Petra |
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| Remnants of plumbing system that ran through Petra |
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| The Treasury (which actually was a tomb), Petra |
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| Closer look at The Treasury, Petra |
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| Houses in Petra |
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| this is how colorful all of Petra is but hard to see with the dust this also illustrates where they extract the rocks from for the mosaics |
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| Tomb, Petra |
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| Posing with a Bedouin (a nomadic tribe) Police Office |
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| Inside one of the tombs, Petra |
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| Bedouin Merchant, Petra |
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| Petra |
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| Petra (you can see the marble color in the wall) |
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| Example of Roman influence, Petra |
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| Petra |
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| Example of Roman influence, Petra |
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| Bedouin Merchant, Petra |
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| Petra |
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| Little Petra was a "fueling or resting" stop for caravans unlike Petra which was a cemetery that later became a city |
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| Example of the steps that were created to carve the tombs, Little Petra |
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| Shop, Little Petra |
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| Paintings on the ceiling in a shop, Little Petra |
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| Little Petra |
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| Little Petra |
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| Little Petra |
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| Stopped to enjoy Bedouin tea, Little Petra |
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| Little Petra |
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| Wadi Rum |
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| Wadi Rum |
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| Wishing Rocks, Wadi Rum |
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| Cave drawings, Wadi Rum |
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| Wadi Rum |
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| Carving dedicated to Lawrence of Arabia |
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| Bedouin cook food underground for hours... |
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| ....in huge pots.... |
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| ...that are sort of like pressure cookers (meat was open the bottom and vegetables up top--it was delish) |
