Jerash, the ancient Greco-Roman city of Gérasa, lies in northern Jordan about 48 kilometers north of Amman, on ground first settled by around 7500 BC. One of the cities of the Decapolis, Gérasa flourished through the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods and survives today as one of the largest and best-preserved examples of Roman provincial architecture outside Italy, earning it the nickname the Pompeii of the Middle East. Its remains include an oval forum ringed by Ionic columns, temples to Zeus and Artemis, two theaters, a long colonnaded street known as the cardo, and the Arch of Hadrian, raised to mark the emperor's visit of AD 129 to 130. After Petra, the ruins are Jordan's second most visited archaeological destination.
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is a city in northern Jordan
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Jerash or Jarash (Arabic: جرش, romanized: Ǧaraš [dʒaraʃ]; Greek: Γέρασα, romanized: Gérasa, Koine Greek pronunciation: [ˈɡerasa]) is a city in northern Jordan. The city is the administrative center of the Jerash Governorate, and has a population of 50,745 as of 2015. It is located 30.0 miles (48.3 kms) north of the capital city Amman.
The earliest evidence of settlement in Jerash is in a Neolithic site known as Tal Abu Sowan, where rare human remains dating to around 7500 BC were uncovered. Jera
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one of the largest and most well-preserved sites of Greek and Roman architecture in the world outside Italy
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