Stuff from the Museum on Amman Citadel. A tiny museum with over 6 million artefacts in storage - they rotate the displays three times a year, so it's quite a mess with little information about the objects.
Phoenician gods
Idol of Goddess of Hayyan, 1st Century from Petra
Dead Sea Scrolls
The copper Dead Sea scrolls and one of the jars they were found in.The Amman Citadel
A real acanthus plant decorates a wall, amongst the carved acanthuses on Corinthian columns.
Part of the living quarters behind the meeting hall of the Umayyad palace
The cistern of the palace - steps in the corner show scale
Umayyad palace (the sky is grey from a sand cloud)
Mozaic floor of Byzantine Church
Byzantine Church
The Byzantine Church with Umayyad palace in the background
Part of the drainage system
The temple of Zeus
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