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Nymphaeum, monumental fountain built 191 AD, Jerash, Jordan. This large fountain niche was faced with marble and painted plaster and was dedicated to the Nymphs. Water cascaded through carved lion heads into basins and then through drains into the sewer system. The Greco-Roman town of Gerasa is thought to have been founded in 331 BC by Alexander the Great. It was conquered by Pompey in 63 BC and became a prosperous Roman town. Jerash was destroyed by an earthquake in 749 AD and its ruins were discovered in 1806 and the town excavated and reconstructed.
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AR9124294
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
4657px × 5700px
Photo Credit
Manuel Cohen / Art Resource, NY
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2ND CENTURY AD
Antioch on the Golden River
ARABIA
Archaeology
archeology
Decapolis League
Dusk
floodlighting
floodlit
Fountain
Gerasa
Graeco-Roman
GRECO-ROMAN
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
HELLENISTIC
History
Jerash
JORDAN
Jordanian
MIDDLE EAST
Middle Eastern
Nymph
nymphaeumy
Reconstruction
Roman
RUINS
SITE
Stone
TOURISM
Twilight
Water