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Jordan Wanders uses real travel and football photography for its visual sections. Images may be cropped, resized and tinted with soft overlays in the site design.

The Petra Museum building in Wadi Musa

DS962 · CC0

The Petra Museum, beside the entrance to Petra.

The Jordan Museum exterior in Ras Al Ain, Amman

Dan Palraz · CC BY-SA 4.0

The Jordan Museum in Ras Al Ain, Amman.

Children’s Museum Jordan in Amman

Freedom's Falcon · CC BY-SA 3.0

Children’s Museum Jordan, Amman.

Exterior of the Royal Tank Museum in Amman

Freedom's Falcon · CC BY-SA 4.0

The Royal Tank Museum building in Amman.

Traditional embroidered clothing displayed at the Jordan Museum of Popular Traditions

Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0

Traditional clothing at the Museum of Popular Traditions, beside Amman’s Roman Theatre.

Madaba Archaeological Museum

Deror_avi · CC BY-SA 3.0

A preserved mosaic at Madaba Archaeological Museum.

Touqan House, home of As-Salt Archaeological Museum

Tarawneh · CC BY-SA 3.0

Touqan House, the As-Salt Archaeological Museum.

Entrance to the Jordanian Folklore Museum beside the Roman Theatre

Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0

The Jordan Folklore Museum entrance beside Amman’s Roman Theatre.

Arched windows and stonework of Abu Jaber House in As-Salt

Shatha Mubaideen · CC BY-SA 4.0

Architectural details of Abu Jaber House, home of the Salt Historical Museum.

Stone courtyard of Dar As-Saraya Museum in Irbid

David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada · CC BY 2.0

Dar As-Saraya Museum in Irbid.

Entrance to the Jordan Archaeological Museum on Amman Citadel

Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0

The Jordan Archaeological Museum at Amman Citadel.

Martyrs’ Memorial Museum and an outdoor tank in Amman

Freedom's Falcon at Arabic Wikipedia · Public domain

Martyrs’ Memorial Museum, Amman.

Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts in Amman

Rami Tarawneh · CC BY-SA 4.0

The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts in Amman.

The Museum of Parliamentary Life in Amman

محمد البشتاوي · CC BY-SA 4.0

The Museum of Parliamentary Life in Amman.

Central Bank of Jordan headquarters in Amman

Derbelo546 · CC BY 4.0

Central Bank of Jordan headquarters; the guide covers its Currency Museum.

University of Jordan Archaeological Museum collection

Tarawneh · CC BY-SA 3.0

The Archaeological Museum at the University of Jordan.

Historic vehicle at the Royal Automobile Museum in Amman

Freedom's Falcon · CC BY-SA 3.0

The Royal Automobile Museum in Amman.

Historic trains at Amman’s Hejaz railway station

Bashar Tabbah · CC BY-SA 4.0

Historic trains at Amman’s Hejaz railway station, the museum’s setting.

Display at La Storia, also called Al Hakaya Museum, Madaba

Freedom's Falcon · CC BY-SA 3.0

La Storia (Al Hakaya) Museum near Madaba.

Museum at the Lowest Place on Earth near Ghor Safi

Ana al'ain · CC BY-SA 4.0

The Museum at the Lowest Place on Earth near Ghor Safi.

Dead Sea Panorama Complex building

hikinginjordan · CC BY-SA 3.0

The Dead Sea Panorama Complex, which houses the museum.

Archaeological exhibits inside Ajloun Castle Museum

Dosseman · CC BY-SA 4.0

The archaeological collection inside Ajloun Castle.

Oval Plaza at Jerash archaeological site

Petar Milošević · CC BY-SA 4.0

Jerash archaeological site, the setting for the museum visit.

Ancient copper mining landscape in Wadi Feynan

Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany · CC BY-SA 2.0

Wadi Feynan’s copper-mining landscape, context for the Finan Heritage Museum guide.

Entrance to Arar’s Cultural House in Irbid

Justwiki · CC BY 4.0

Arar’s Cultural House in Irbid.

Archaeological Museum of Gadara in Umm Qais

Davide Mauro · CC BY-SA 4.0

The Archaeological Museum of Gadara, Umm Qais.

Karak Castle, home to the archaeology museum

Berthold Werner · CC BY 3.0

Karak Castle, the setting for the archaeology museum visit.

Courtyard at Qasr Al Hallabat

Bashar Tabbah · CC BY-SA 4.0

Qasr Al Hallabat archaeological site; the guide includes its site museum.

Basalt ruins of House XVIII at Umm al-Jimal

Herrmoody at English Wikipedia · Public domain

Umm al-Jimal’s basalt-built archaeological site, context for the museum guide.

Historic camel caravan travelling toward Mecca in 1910

American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Dept., photographer · Public domain

A Hajj camel caravan in 1910: historical context for Ma’an’s role on the pilgrimage route.

Jordanian postage stamps depicting the East Ghor Canal project

Mansour Mouasher for Jordanian Postal Authority · Public domain

Jordanian postage stamps: postal-history context for the Stamp Museum guide.

Aqaba Archaeological Museum in Sharif Hussein bin Ali’s former house

Utilisateur:Bel Adone · Public domain

Aqaba Archaeological Museum, housed in Sharif Hussein bin Ali’s former residence.

Archival view of the railway station at Ma’an

Matson Collection · Public domain

Historic Ma’an railway station; the Founding King’s Residence is part of the railway-station heritage setting.

Wasfi Al Tal in his university years

Wasfi Al Tal · Public domain

Archival photograph of Wasfi Al Tal, whose life is documented in the Wasfi and Saadia Al Tal Museum.

Nabataean archaeological remains at Khirbet et-Tannur in Tafilah

Bashar Tabbah · CC BY-SA 4.0

Khirbet et-Tannur, one of the Tafilah archaeological sites discussed in this museum guide.

Ajloun Castle

Hiking in Jordan website and guidebook · CC BY-SA 2.0

Ajloun Castle on its wooded hilltop in northern Jordan.

Olive-oil soap

Donald Trung · CC BY-SA 4.0

Olive-oil soap: a reference photo of the material discussed, not a photograph of the Ajloun Soap House.

Amman Citadel

AliAbuRas · CC BY-SA 4.0

The Temple of Hercules at the Amman Citadel.

Our Lady of the Mountain, Anjara

Mohammad hajeer · CC BY-SA 4.0

Our Lady of the Mountain church in Anjara.

Aqaba Castle

Alexey Komarov · CC BY 3.0

Aqaba Castle on Jordan’s Red Sea coast.

Historic As-Salt

Freedom's Falcon · CC BY-SA 3.0

The hillside streets and stone buildings of As-Salt.

Azraq Wetland Reserve

Joe Roe · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wetland pools and vegetation at Azraq Wetland Reserve.

Bethany Beyond the Jordan

Bahnfrend · CC BY-SA 4.0

The Al-Maghtas baptism site, also known as Bethany Beyond the Jordan.

Dana Biosphere Reserve

Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0

Dana’s reserve landscape, where route choices depend on terrain and current access.

Dar Al-Anda

Freedom's Falcon · CC BY-SA 3.0

The historic Dar Al-Anda gallery building in Amman.

Darat al Funun

Bashar Tabbah · CC BY-SA 4.0

Byzantine church remains in the grounds of Darat al Funun, Amman.

Dibeen Forest Reserve

The original uploader was Ldud at English Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 3.0

The woodland landscape of Dibeen Forest Reserve.

Jordan’s Desert Highway

Zairon · CC BY-SA 3.0

The Desert Highway in Jordan.

Hammam al-Sar’h

Bashar Tabbah · CC BY-SA 4.0

The surviving bathhouse at Hammam al-Sar’h.

Qasr al-Abd at Iraq al-Amir

Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany · CC BY-SA 2.0

The Hellenistic palace of Qasr al-Abd at Iraq al-Amir, viewed across the valley.

Rainbow Street, Amman

miiika · CC BY-SA 4.0

Everyday street activity on Rainbow Street in Amman.

Jerash colonnaded street

Bashar Tabbah · CC BY-SA 4.0

The colonnaded street at Jerash.

Olives in Jordan

TheLastShot · Public domain

Olives photographed in Jordan: crop context, not a booked harvest session.

Petra Treasury

Markv, edited by Berthold Werner · CC BY-SA 3.0

The Treasury at Petra, a highlight of this seven-day Jordan route.

Arabic coffee

Canbel · CC BY-SA 4.0

A dallah and coffee cups: a reference photo, not the Jordan Valley workshop.

Jordanian food

Ben Meyer · CC BY-SA 4.0

Mansaf: Jordanian food context, not a photograph of a Beit Sitti class or its menu.

Karak Castle

Berthold Werner · CC BY 3.0

Karak Castle and its hilltop fortifications.

Madaba mosaic map

Creator unrecorded (ancient mosaic) · Public domain

A detail of the mosaic map in Madaba’s St George’s Church.

Mount Nebo

Berthold Werner · CC BY 3.0

Mount Nebo’s hilltop landscape, viewed from the east.

Machaerus at Mukawir

Thomas Bantle · Public domain

The hilltop remains and surrounding landscape of Machaerus at Mukawir.

White brined cheese

Rotana Nawwaf Al Hasanat · CC BY-SA 4.0

White brined cheese: a food reference photo, not the Pella host or workshop.

Pella archaeology

Ben Churcher, Pella Project, University of Sydney, Australia · CC BY 3.0

The Byzantine basilica remains at Pella in Jordan.

Petra Monastery

Azurfrog · CC BY-SA 3.0

The Monastery, Ad-Deir, reached on Petra’s high trails.

Qasr al-Mshatta

Randa107 · CC BY-SA 3.0

The Umayyad palace remains at Qasr al-Mshatta in Jordan.

Qasr Burqu

Maculosae tegmine lyncis · Public domain

Qasr Burqu in Jordan’s eastern desert.

Qasr Kharana

High Contrast · CC BY 3.0 de

The exterior and enclosed form of Qasr Kharana.

Quseir Amra

Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0

The bathhouse exterior at Quseir Amra, whose painted interiors are discussed in this guide.

Indigo-dyed yarn

Loggie-log · Public domain

Indigo-dyed yarn: a reference photo for natural-dye textile work, not a Safi Crafts product or visit.

Arabian oryx at Shaumari Wildlife Reserve

Mohammad hajeer · CC BY-SA 4.0

Arabian oryx in the conservation enclosures at Shaumari Wildlife Reserve.

Shobak Castle

MDW · CC BY 3.0

The hilltop walls of Shobak Castle.

Tell Mar Elias

Bashar Tabbah · CC BY-SA 4.0

The church remains at Tell Mar Elias near Ajloun.

Umm al-Jimal

Herrmoody at English Wikipedia · Public domain

Basalt architecture at the Umm al-Jimal archaeological site.

Umm ar-Rasas

Bashar Tabbah · CC BY-SA 4.0

Archaeological remains at Umm ar-Rasas.

Palm-frond basketry

Davidbena · CC0

A woven palm-frond basket: a craft reference photo, not a product of the Umm Qais workshop.

Archaeological remains at Umm Qais

David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada · CC BY 2.0

The archaeological site of ancient Gadara at Umm Qais.

Wadi Rum desert camp

Lunaloop · CC BY-SA 4.0

A desert camp in Wadi Rum; an example setting, not an endorsement of a particular operator.

Clothing and travel accessories packed in a suitcase

Familydestinationsguide.com Images · CC BY 2.0

Packed clothing and travel essentials: a reference photo for preparing your Jordan wardrobe.

Amman International Stadium

GhaziTwaissi · CC0

A match at Amman International Stadium; local football context, not a World Cup host venue.

Honey bee and honeycomb

Matthew T Rader · CC BY-SA 4.0

A honey bee on honeycomb: a reference photo, not the Umm Qais host or hive.

Keffiyehs with fringed edges in Amman

Maya-Anaïs Yataghène from Paris, France · CC BY 2.0

Keffiyehs with fringed edges photographed in Amman: textile context, not the Umm Qais hadab workshop.

Treasury Petra

Markv, edited by Berthold Werner - GFDL / CC BY-SA 3.0

Camels in the Wadi Rum desert

John Romano D'Orazio - CC BY-SA 4.0

Dead Sea, Jordan 02

Bernard Gagnon - GFDL / CC BY-SA 3.0

Amman, City centre, Jordan

Argenberg - CC BY 2.0

Jerash (Colonnaded Street)

Bashar Tabbah - CC BY-SA 4.0

Glass boat-Aqaba

Ji-Elle - CC BY-SA 4.0

Mansaf

Ben Meyer - CC BY-SA 4.0

Rainbow Road, Amman

miiika - CC BY-SA 4.0

Jordanien Desert Highway 09

Zairon - CC BY-SA 3.0

Banner at Amman Boulevard showing the Jordanian football team

Malkawi99 - CC BY-SA 3.0

Inside the Amman International Stadium

GhaziTwaissi - CC0