Jordan is a desert kingdom in the Middle East, home to some of the most spectacular ancient sites in the world. Our Jordan puzzles visit the rock city of Petra, the red desert of Wadi Rum and the Roman ruins of Jerash and Amman.
Burdah Rock Bridge, Wadi Rum
Wadi Rum Desert
Roman Columns on the Amman Citadel
Colonnaded Street of Jerash
The Monastery, Petra
Petra Treasury Facade
Petra was carved into rose-coloured sandstone cliffs by the Nabataeans, a people of traders who grew rich from the caravan routes more than 2,000 years ago. Its most famous façade, the Treasury, appears at the end of a narrow canyon called the Siq, and a long climb leads to the even larger Monastery.
Wadi Rum is a wide valley of red sand and towering rock mountains, with natural arches such as the Burdah Rock Bridge; its landscape has often been used in films to represent Mars. In the north, Jerash is one of the best-preserved Roman cities outside Italy, with a long street lined with columns.
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