Stylite tower complex, Umm er-Rasas
Umm er-Rasas photo tour, part 4: a 14 meter high tower on which ascetic pillar-saints retreated. Around it, a church, square tower, cistern, quarry.
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Around the site there are several rock-cut cisterns, rectangular underground water tanks covered with arches and slabs, a large rock cut open-air basin, and other reservoirs.
© Photo: Haupt & Binder
Umm er-Rasas photo tour, part 4: a 14 meter high tower on which ascetic pillar-saints retreated. Around it, a church, square tower, cistern, quarry.