Um El-Jimal - Black Gem of the Desert 

One Of the Decapolis Cities, on the edge of the stark, black basalt region of northeast of Jordan, Um El Jimal is one of the area ’s most impressive and eerie monuments of ancient civilizations. The town is filled with the remains of many black basalt stone houses, churches, a Roman barracks and a fort complex. Also it called by “Black Gem of the Desert .

Umm el-Jimal (Arabic: ام الجمال, "Mother of Camels"), also known as Umm al-Jimal or Umm idj-Djimal, is a village in Northern Jordan approximately 17 kilometers east of Mafraq. It is primarily notable for the substantial ruins of a Byzantine and early Islamic town which are clearly visible above the ground, as well as an older Roman village (locally referred to as al-Herri) located to the southwest of the Byzantine ruins.

Jerash (Gerasa): The Jewel of the north.

The Jewel of the north. One of the most visited site. Jerash is one of the preserved Greco-Roman cities in the world, and example of the Roman civilization. Jerash was called Gerasa in the bible It is mentioned that it was built by the soldiers of Alexander the Great the city features theaters, churches, temples (Zeus & Artemis), a Nymphaeum, and colonnaded streets. Some of the pagan temples were turned into churches with mosaic floors in the year 396.3

Jerash, the Gerasa of Antiquity, is the capital and largest city of Jerash Governorate (محافظة جرش), which is situated in the north of Jordan, 48 kilometres (30 mi) north of the capital Amman towards Syria. Jerash Governorate's geographical features vary from cold mountains to fertile valleys from 250 to 300 metres (820 to 980 ft) above sea level, suitable for growing a wide variety of crops.

A strong earthquake in 749 AD destroyed large parts of Jerash, while subsequent earthquakes along with the wars and turmoil contributed to additional destruction. Its destruction and ruins remained buried in the soil for hundreds of years until they were discovered by German Orientalist Ulrich Jasper Seetzen in 1806[2] to begin excavation and to return life to rise to the current Jerash by inhabitants of old villages. Then followed 70 years after by the community of Muslims, Circassians, who emigrated to Jordan from the land of the Caucasus in 1878 after the Ottoman-Russian war. And a large community of people of Syria at the beginning of the 20th century.

The hippodrome

The South Gate

Northern Tetrapylon

Mosaic at the Christian Church

Amman

Jordan's modern capital, Amman is steeped in biblical history known as the capital of the Ammonites as Rabbath Ammon, and as Philadelphia in the Roman rule, it became the southern Greco-Roman city of the Decapolis. A Roman amphitheater with capacity of 8000 spectator's .The citadel which still standing with its columns & numerous Roman-Byzantine & Islamic remains. Excavations showed that Amman goes back 9,000 years from Neolithic - Roman- Greco - Byzantine to Islamic .Remains of churches & Umayyad Palace, The Archaeological museum with some of Dead Sea scrolls & Islamic treasures and the Popular Traditions museum.