Journey to Jordan: Pt. 6, Aqaba and the Dead Sea
January 12, 2017
In the final part of this series, ProfessorAbe takes us to the Dead Sea, and the port and resort city of Aqaba.
In the final part of this series, ProfessorAbe takes us to the Dead Sea, and the port and resort city of Aqaba.
While looking for World War II bunkers along Sicily’s coast, young explorers find a Bronze-age stone sundial.
In Part 5, ProfessorAbe takes us to Wadi Rum, an area so apparently barren it has doubled for Mars in movie shoots.
Gumbo was visiting the archaeologic park in Segesta, Sicily. Situated on the hills of a beautiful mountaineous region, the site has a well preserved Greek Doric Temple and an amphitheater that is used even to this day.
Here in Part 3 of his journey, ProfessorAbe takes us to one of the world’s key archaeological sites, Petra.
This is the second leg of Professorabe’s tour of important Jordanian sites. There’s a link to Part 1 at the end.
The links for the six parts of this series will become live as the series is published. Part 1: Amman and Jarash (Nov. 10, 2016) Part 2: Madaba, Mount Nebo, and Montreal Castle (Nov. 24, 2016) Part 3: Petra (Dec. 8, 2016) Part 4: Petra Backroads and Little Petra (Dec. 22, 2016) Part 5: Wadi Rum (Dec. 29, 2016) Part 6: Aqaba and the Dead Sea (Jan. 12, 2017)
A large area of the fabled Circus Maximus, home of chariot races and triumphal marches, has been excavated and opened for visitors.
A puzzling find at a construction site: a Roman cooking pot filled with illustrated oil lamps, each containing a coin…but so far, no one knows why.
ProfessorAbe and his wife begin a series of reports on an extended trip through Jordan and its long history.
In the final part of this series, ProfessorAbe takes us to the Dead Sea, and the port and resort city of Aqaba.
While looking for World War II bunkers along Sicily’s coast, young explorers find a Bronze-age stone sundial.
In Part 5, ProfessorAbe takes us to Wadi Rum, an area so apparently barren it has doubled for Mars in movie shoots.
Gumbo was visiting the archaeologic park in Segesta, Sicily. Situated on the hills of a beautiful mountaineous region, the site has a well preserved Greek Doric Temple and an amphitheater that is used even to this day.
Here in Part 3 of his journey, ProfessorAbe takes us to one of the world’s key archaeological sites, Petra.
This is the second leg of Professorabe’s tour of important Jordanian sites. There’s a link to Part 1 at the end.
The links for the six parts of this series will become live as the series is published. Part 1: Amman and Jarash (Nov. 10, 2016) Part 2: Madaba, Mount Nebo, and Montreal Castle (Nov. 24, 2016) Part 3: Petra (Dec. 8, 2016) Part 4: Petra Backroads and Little Petra (Dec. 22, 2016) Part 5: Wadi Rum (Dec. 29, 2016) Part 6: Aqaba and the Dead Sea (Jan. 12, 2017)
A large area of the fabled Circus Maximus, home of chariot races and triumphal marches, has been excavated and opened for visitors.
A puzzling find at a construction site: a Roman cooking pot filled with illustrated oil lamps, each containing a coin…but so far, no one knows why.
ProfessorAbe and his wife begin a series of reports on an extended trip through Jordan and its long history.