THE HOLY LAND REGION BY REGION - Jerusalem and the Holy Land - page 205

SIGHTS AT A GLANCE
Archaeological Museum 3
Citadel 2
Darat el-Funun 6
Downtown 1
Folklore Museum & Museum
of Popular Traditions

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King Abdullah Mosque 7
Roman Theatre 4
Royal Automobile Museum 8
Wild Jordan Centre 9

to sit, meet the locals and
take in the city. The back
rows of the theatre were
added later and carved out
of an existing necropolis. At
the foot of the theatre are a
Corinthian colonnade and the
old Odeon (a small theatre
or meeting hall). The nearby
Hashemite Square is a
popular hangout for local
Jordanian families.

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Theatre house these two
modest but interesting
museums. The Folklore
Museum has some traditional
costumes, a Bedouin tent,
fine examples of the rababa
(a one-stringed musical
instrument) and traditional
coffee grinders. The second
museum displays Circassian
and Armenian silver jewellery,
traditionally given to the bride
on her wedding day, plus
amulets made from Turkish
coins and symbols represent-
ing the hands of Fatima.
There are some fine mosaics
from Jerash (see p210-11)
and the baptism site of
Wadi el-Kharrar.

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a collection of copper-plated
Dead Sea scrolls (see p137)
and several Nabataean artifacts
from Petra (see pp220-31) .
The very modern-looking bug-
eyed statues from Ain Gazal
are over 8,500 years old. Look
out also for the impressive
doorway transported here
from the Arab castle of Qasr
el-Tuba in the Eastern Desert.
Local finds include the graceful
statue of Athena, from the
nearby Roman Theatre, and the
head of Tyche, the town god.

The Roman Theatre, built during the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius