Jordan - Jerash

Our last day in Jordan was spent in Jerash, which are some amazing ruins in the north, near Syria.  The hardest part about Jerash is that it's clearly not being very well cared for (our guide told our kids to keep pieces of mosaic and pottery that they found, and some guys tried to sell us old coins they'd found which apparently come to the surface when it rains).  However, 80% of the site is still buried and at this point that's a good thing.

The kids had a great time; basically treating this place as one huge playground.  And, I suppose if it has lasted two thousand years, T & L probably can't hurt it too badly.  Right?

Below is the forum, you can see the lighter colored stones on the inside of the oval which were placed by the Greeks.  The Romans expanded the forum with flatter, bigger stones that are more of a pinkish color.

Lizzie on the main road, or Cardo.

A manhole cover!  The sewage when under the road.

This is the stone from the butcher's shop.  See all the cuts in the stone? 

Look!  Eli was there, too.  (But seriously:  I'm so grateful he takes photos of everything.  I LOVE having them.)

The smaller of two theatres.  The wooden flooring on the stage is new.

This is a photo on our drive back to Amman.  You can see to the left and rear of the photo,
a large used-to-be-refugee camp for Palestinians.  It has now turned into a proper town.