Amman, the capital of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

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.