SmugMug > keywords > amman > Roman Amphitheater, Amman, Jordan - The city is thousands of years old and was originally built on seven hills.  Wherever you go you see Roman, Greek and Byzantine influences and ruins.  In the Old Testament the city is referred to as Rabbath-Ammon.  It was renamed Philadelphia during Helenistic times and finally reverted to "Amman" in modern times.

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SmugMug > keywords > amman > Amman, Jordan Cityscape From The Citadel - 1

In this photograph and the next two in this series, one is faced with three separate views of Amman's hillside  apartments.  One can sometimes find such scenes a little disconcerting simply because, differently from most photographs, the eye has nowhere to go or perhaps everywhere to go at once.  Usually photographers work to compose their images with a place that draws the eye.  Here I have worked to present everything in the picture equally.  It makes for an interesting and almost abstract image of what is essentially highly realistic.

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SmugMug > keywords > amman > Amman, Jordan Cityscape From The Citadel - 3

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SmugMug > keywords > amman > Amman, Jordan Cityscape From The Citadel- 2

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SmugMug > keywords > amman > Amman - The Roman Theatre and the city as seen from the Citadel.
SmugMug > keywords > amman > Amman - Umayyad Palace.
SmugMug > keywords > amman > Amman - The restored ceiling of the Umayyad Palace.
SmugMug > keywords > amman > Amman - Inside the Umayyad Palace.
SmugMug > keywords > amman > Amman - Looking west from the Citadel.
Roman Amphitheater, Amman, Jordan - The city is thousands of years old and was originally built on seven hills. Wherever you go you see Roman, Greek and Byzantine influences and ruins. In the Old Testament the city is referred to as Rabbath-Ammon. It was renamed Philadelphia during Helenistic times and finally reverted to "Amman" in modern times.

©Gerald Diamond
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 > Roman Amphitheater, Amman, Jordan - The city is thousands of years old and was originally built on seven hills.  Wherever you go you see Roman, Greek and Byzantine influences and ruins.  In the Old Testament the city is referred to as Rabbath-Ammon.  It was renamed Philadelphia during Helenistic times and finally reverted to "Amman" in modern times.

©Gerald Diamond
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Roman Amphitheater, Amman, Jordan - The city is thousands of years old and was originally built on seven hills. Wherever you go you see Roman, Greek and Byzantine influences and ruins. In the Old Testament the city is referred to as Rabbath-Ammon. It was renamed Philadelphia during Helenistic times and finally reverted to "Amman" in modern times.

©Gerald Diamond
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Photo by: Lakestone • see photo in gallery

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