Umm al-Jimal

Mafraq Governorate · Jordan

Umm al-Jimal, Jordan
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A dark basalt town on the northern steppe, its houses, churches and reservoirs remarkably preserved in black stone. Nicknamed the black gem of the desert, it shows Nabatean, Roman and Byzantine life on the frontier.

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