Khirbet edh-Dharih
Preserved Nabataean temple on the King’s Highway. Site of the elaborately carved façade displayed in the Jordan Museum. The village ruins include: pilgrim hostel, residential villa, monumental tomb, Byzantine houses.
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During the Byzantine era, the temple's vestibule became a baptistery. And the sanctuary hall was turned into a small church with a raised choir and an apse on the eastern wall. A painted Greek inscription on the arch of the apse mentions Maria Theotokos, the mother of God.
© Photo: Haupt & Binder
Preserved Nabataean temple on the King’s Highway. Site of the elaborately carved façade displayed in the Jordan Museum. The village ruins include: pilgrim hostel, residential villa, monumental tomb, Byzantine houses.