Irbid
A university city in Jordan's green north, and mostly a base — Umm Qais looks over the Sea of Galilee from a Roman theatre half an hour away.
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Capitolias was an ancient city east of the Jordan River, and is identified with the modern village of Beit Ras in the Irbid Governorate in northern Jordan. Anciently it was a town of Coele-Syria.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 28 Jul 2026
Zachchan2015 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Gilead or Gilad is the ancient, historic, biblical name of the mountainous northern part of the region of Transjordan, present-day Jordan. The region is bounded in the west by the Jordan River, in the north by the deep ravine of the river Yarmouk and the region of Bashan, and in the southwest by what were known during antiquity as the "plains of Moab", with no definite boundary to the east.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 24 Jul 2026
Jim Greenhill, U.S. Army · Public domain
The Museum of Jordanian Heritage is part of the Faculty of Archeology and Anthropology at Yarmouk University. The museum also shows the stages of civilization development that Jordan witnessed during successive periods of time, focusing on cultural relations, contacts, population distribution, economic life, and various aspects of civilization.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 10 Jul 2026
Dosseman · CC BY-SA 4.0
Pella was an ancient city in what is now northwest Jordan, and contains ruins from the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Canaanite, Hellenistic and Islamic periods. It is located near a rich water source within the eastern foothills of the Jordan Valley, close to the modern village of Ṭabaqat Faḥl some 27 km (17 mi) south of the Sea of Galilee.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 18 Jul 2026
Ben Churcher, Pella Project, University of Sydney, Australia · CC BY 3.0
Irbid or Irbed is a governorate in Jordan, located north of Amman, the country's capital. The capital of the governorate is the city of Irbid. The governorate has the second largest population in Jordan after Amman Governorate, and the highest population density in the country.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 26 Jul 2026
TUBS · CC BY-SA 3.0
Umm Qais, also known as Qays, is a town in northern Jordan principally known for its proximity to the ruins of the ancient Gadara. It is the largest city in the Bani Kinanah Department and Irbid Governorate in the extreme northwest of the country, near Jordan's borders with Israel and Syria.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 16 Aug 2026
Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0
Capitolias was an ancient city east of the Jordan River, and is identified with the modern village of Beit Ras in the Irbid Governorate in northern Jordan. Anciently it was a town of Coele-Syria.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 28 Jul 2026
Zachchan2015 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Gilead or Gilad is the ancient, historic, biblical name of the mountainous northern part of the region of Transjordan, present-day Jordan. The region is bounded in the west by the Jordan River, in the north by the deep ravine of the river Yarmouk and the region of Bashan, and in the southwest by what were known during antiquity as the "plains of Moab", with no definite boundary to the east.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 24 Jul 2026
Jim Greenhill, U.S. Army · Public domain
The Museum of Jordanian Heritage is part of the Faculty of Archeology and Anthropology at Yarmouk University. The museum also shows the stages of civilization development that Jordan witnessed during successive periods of time, focusing on cultural relations, contacts, population distribution, economic life, and various aspects of civilization.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 10 Jul 2026
Dosseman · CC BY-SA 4.0
Pella was an ancient city in what is now northwest Jordan, and contains ruins from the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Canaanite, Hellenistic and Islamic periods. It is located near a rich water source within the eastern foothills of the Jordan Valley, close to the modern village of Ṭabaqat Faḥl some 27 km (17 mi) south of the Sea of Galilee.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 18 Jul 2026
Ben Churcher, Pella Project, University of Sydney, Australia · CC BY 3.0
Irbid or Irbed is a governorate in Jordan, located north of Amman, the country's capital. The capital of the governorate is the city of Irbid. The governorate has the second largest population in Jordan after Amman Governorate, and the highest population density in the country.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 26 Jul 2026
TUBS · CC BY-SA 3.0
Umm Qais, also known as Qays, is a town in northern Jordan principally known for its proximity to the ruins of the ancient Gadara. It is the largest city in the Bani Kinanah Department and Irbid Governorate in the extreme northwest of the country, near Jordan's borders with Israel and Syria.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 16 Aug 2026
Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0