Nabataean hall, Jordan Museum
Nabataean exhibits from different sites, and information about the society and architecture of the Nabataeans. Part of the visual informative tour through The Jordan Museum in Amman.
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Khirbet edh-Dharih was established as a Nabataean village on a mountain slope overlooking Wadi al-La'ban, a tributary of Wadi al-Hasa in southern Jordan.
An outstanding temple with elaborately carved facade, that stood up to 15m high, was built in the village around AD 100.
The temple facade was designed according to classical fashion. It contained major constitutional elements of classical architectural order, but its decoration was not classical at all. Excavators found the temple in ruined heaps, but fortunately they could recover hundreds of fallen stone blocks that enabled them to reconstruct major parts of the temple.
Khirbet edh-Dharih
Special presentation in Art Destination Jordan
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© Photo: Haupt & Binder
Nabataean exhibits from different sites, and information about the society and architecture of the Nabataeans. Part of the visual informative tour through The Jordan Museum in Amman.