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Why Holy Jordan? Check out these blog stories for inspiration when planning your next faith-based itinerary to Jordan.

The Madaba Map is a puzzle that’s still unsolved

When we talk about late Roman and Byzantine art, we’re inevitably talking about mosaics. The art of composing images with colored tesserae, inherited from classical Greek decorative arts, reached an ...

Jordan is home to some of the oldest olive trees in the world

The olive tree (Olea Europaea) is a tree native to the Mediterranean Basin that has been cultivated at least since the 6th century BCE. Syria, Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan are believed to be the tree’s regions of origin. As expected, ...

Petra’s Monastery: A Nabataean Architectural Jewel

The Ad Deir Monastery, situated in the renowned city of Petra in Jordan, is one of the architectural masterpieces (if not the masterpiece) of the ancient Nabataean civilization. This impressive edifice, carved into the rock of a cliff, ...

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