🏛️ Umm ar-Rasas

Jordan · Asia · Cultural · 31.50°N, 36.10°E

Umm ar-Rasas is located 30 km southeast of Madaba in the Amman Governorate in central Jordan. It was once accessible by branches of the King's Highway, and is situated in the semi-arid steppe region of the Jordanian Desert. The site has been associated with the biblical settlement of Mephaat mentioned in the Book of Jeremiah. The Roman military utilized the site as a strategic garrison, but it was later converted and inhabited by Christian and Islamic communities. In 2004, the site was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is valued by archaeologists for its extensive ruins dating to the Roman, Byzantine, and early Muslim periods. The Franciscan academic society in Jerusalem, Studium Biblicum Franciscanum (SBF), carried out excavations at the north end of the site in 1986, but much of the area remains buried under debris.

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Quick facts

Country	Jordan
Continent / region	Asia
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	31.50°N, 36.10°E · view on map

Umm ar-Rasas is a cultural World Heritage site in Jordan, in Asia. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Umm ar-Rasas was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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