Population around 4 million.



4th and 3rd circle area.

Desert.

Go Sweden!

Light traffic during Eid, and Jordan Gate Towers.

Hotel views.



Rotana and W hotels in Abdali.



Rujm Al-Malfouf watchtower built by the Ammonites around 1000 BC.



Long climb up to the Citadel.

Salid and Halid.



Jabal al Qala'a citadel has been settled in some form for 7000 years.

Looking east.

Looking south.

Amman was called Philadelphia under Greek rule.

Roman temple of Hercules, built around 165 AD.







Looking west.





Beautiful sarcophagus.

A cave tomb from the bronze age, around 2250 BC.

Ruins of a Byzantine church from around 550 AD.



Looking north.



Part of the islamic Umayyad palace from the 8th century.



The Monumental Gateway, built around 730 AD.





Palace grounds.



Roman theater built around 150 AD.





It seats up to 6000 people.

8 kids that all wanted selfies with the bald fat guy.



Citadel hill as the backdrop.

Dang it's hot!



The new Hashimite plaza.

Amman's version of Times Square in Downtown.

Roman nymphaeum (fountain) from around 150 AD.

Grand Husseini mosque.



Rotana hotel, 185 m (607 ft), tallest in Jordan.

Le Royal hotel.

An oasis from the heat.

King Abdullah I mosque.

Sheik wear.



Across from Al Bishara Greek orthodox church.

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