Heathrow, Terminal 3 Moiré Sculpture	Andant Travel Group pictured in Petra		Iraq al Emir (Cave of the Prince) ...
... probably Neolithic 2000 BC
	The temple (palace) Qasr al-Abd		Nabatean Hellenistic Period French reconstruction, 1980
		Pomegranite Tree	"Stop & Shop" on the way to the Dead Sea photo: Cate Phillips
	The Dead Sea		Polly Williamson
Christine Waddell & Richard Shaw		"therapeutic mud" with Polly & Margaret & George Laing
our Jordanian Tour Manager Odeh al Shabaki	Biblical river crossing
	Umm Qais Roman City	Entrance to the theatre ...	at Umm Qais with Polly Williamson
			Terrace Colonade
	Roman shops		Golan Heights from Umm Qais
	Basalt doorway ..	...can be pushed with the hand
Jerash ancient Gerasa mainly Roman	Hadrian's arch	the Oval Plaza	the Colonade Street
	South Decumanus	Sanctuary of Artemis
the Andante Group
Wheatear one of eight species	South Decumanus from the West	the Oval Plaza	Jordanian Pipe Band ...
in the South Theatre	Temple of Zeus	bug!
Amman Museum and Citadel		Hercules' hand	Neolithic figures (4000 BC)
	Atagartis, Nabatean Godess ca100 AD		Iron Age figure
	Daedelus 200 AD Roman copy of a Greek statue	model of a dome of a bath ca600 AD
		Amman Citadel	lizard
Tallest flagpole in the world!	Hercules flying over his temple (actually a C5 Galaxy)	cistern	crested lark
	Roman Theatre
Madaba	St George's Church the Church of the Map	picture of the Mosaic map of the Middle East	Odeh al Sabaki (Tour Manager) & Nick Jackson (Guide)
the Map Jordan	Jerusalem	the Jordan river	Dead Sea
		Egypt & the Nile
St George iin his church	more mosaics in the Madaba Museum
	Roman pavement		Mount Nebo Moses's burial place
more mosaics	lizards	door!	monument to Pope Paul's visit
Umm al-Jimal ...	... Mother of camels ...	... the basalt city a Hellenistic/Nabatean trading town
the South-West church
revealing ...	... a mosaic	arches and ceilings ...	... built with ...
basalt slabs	relieving arch	Nicolas Jackson our Andante guide
Cathedral			slab staircase
	the desert
Azraq	Roman, Arabic, Crusaders and Lawrence	inside the fort
slab ceilings		the gate	evocative road sign
Qasr al Amra ...	...	... 8th Century Arab monument ...	... with murals and frescoes
			one of the earliest star charts
Qasr Kharaneh ...	8th Century Isalamic fortress
the gatehouse	on the way to Petra ...	... the Wadi Al Mujib Jordan's Grand Canyon
	Al Mujib dam & lake	Resevoir & dam photo: Chris Waddell
Kerak ...	... Crusader Castle built 1136		entrance hall
		Ash Shawback Crusader Castle
Petra the Rose-Red city Nabatean Capital ca 300 BC	Petra from the hotel terrace	from the hotel photo: Cate Phillips	by the pool photo: Cate Phillips
Nick introducing a "God Block"	entrance to the Siq		in the Siq
first glimpse of the ...	... Treasury	The Treasury Tomb carved from the rock, not built	within the tomb
		Petra transport	tomb facades
photo: George Laing	the High place with tombs		the Great Temple
			Qasr el Bint temple to Pharaoh's daughter
	Petra the Monastery	beginning the climb	the Monastery ...
...carved from the rock not built		Aoron's tomb on the mountain above the viewpoint	the hills round Petra
the Monastery again			further Petra transport
Aloe Vera	the route down	Petra from the Monastery canyon	the Royal Tombs
	the Treasury on the walk out	the Obelisk tomb	next day "just" another tomb
	Petra the High Place	climbing up
	rock striations	the climbing group (clockwise from Pat) Christine Waddell, Alex Lucetti (manager), Richard Shaw, Ian Reynolds, Nick Jackson (guide), Ken Wilbraham, Jeremy Waddell, Janet Sampson, Margaret Laing, Peter, George Laing, Helen Sant, Graham Shenton	obelisk
	on the sacrificial altar		looking down ...
...	... into Petra	striations	castle wall
obelisk carved from the underlying rock	local goat	more striations	persistent trinket seller
with Margaret & George Laing photo: George Laing	lion monument...	... with donkey	The Garden Temple
Soldier tomb	the Soldier Tomb Triclinium, opposite	inside the Triclinium of the soldiers' tomb
	unfinished tomb	The winged lion temple	Cecelia and Graham Shenton
Mosaics ...	in the Winged Lion Temple
leaving the Siq after walking up out of Petra	Beidha ...	...	... a Neolithic site
Little Petra Siq el-Bared	tomb near the entrance	the Siq	tomb
fresco figure of a cupid	"God Block"	Cistern	entrance to another cistern
inside	Neolithic Remains iin a village underway
Wadi Rum	waiting for transport with Margaret Laing & Avril Shaw photo: George Laing	Hejaz Railway ...	... Damascus to Medina ...
...Lawrence's frequent target in 1917	Seven Pillars of Wisdom near Wadi rum	Lawrence's tree	early inscriptions
	On the desert route to Aqaba	cleft in the mountain ...	... with early pictograms
the mountains ...	... in the desert		camel caravan for tourists
	Tiger moth

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