Travelling in Jordan is really a continuation of my travels through Turkey and Israel/Palestine. The borders are very arbitrary and have been contested for at least 2 millennia. The food is very similar (which has been great by the way) as well as the culture of hospitality, and the sense of being in an ancient land. Yesterday in Petra I picked up 2000 year old shards of pottery and sat and looked at the remains of the Nabatean buildings which are still impressive today and I can appreciate the awe and dread the tombs might've inspired in an invading army.
There are layers of civilisations in this land, from Neolithic to Nabatean to Greek and Roman, Byzantine to Islamic, Crusader to Ottoman, continuing to today. The following photos are from Petra but the last one is from Jerash and shows the Roman buildings set against the city it lies within, still going strong today.
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