Byzantine church, Umm Qais, Jordan

Byzantine church, Umm Qais, Irbid, Jordan. This Byzantine church was built in the early 6th century. It is next to the West Theatre on the Byzantine basilica terrace. The site was founded in the 4th century BC as Gadara, a Hellenistic town, which was developed by the Romans and later by Christians from the 4th century. It was destroyed by earthquakes in the 8th century and the ruins discovered in 1806. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Antiochia Basalt Byzantium Decapolis Gadara Graeco-roman Greco-roman Hashemite Hellenistic Irbid Jordanian Qais Qays Seleucia Semiramis

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