King's Highway Photo Gallery by Brian McMorrow at pbase.com

King's Highway

Al-Tariq Al-Sultani, the middle of the three major north-south routes in Jordan passes many interesting sites from Petra in the south, through Shobak, Dana, Karak, Wadi Mujib to Madaba and Mount Nebo in the north.

Wadi Musa (Petra)	Jebel Haroun	Wadi Musa (Petra)	Wadi Musa (Petra)
Olive Grove along the King's Highway north of Wadi Musa	Along the King's Highway	Ash-Shawbak Castle	Ash-Shawbak Castle, also spelled Al-Shobak
The road to Al-Shobak Castle	Al-Shobak Castle	Al-Shobak Castle	Al-Shobak Castle
Al-Shobak Castle restoration project	Ash-Shawbak Castle was built by the Crusaders in 1115 under Baldwin I	Arabic inscriptions on a tower of Al-Shobak Castle	Ash-Shawbak Castle fell to Saladin in 1189
The Castle was reoccupied by the Mamluks in the 14th C.	Ash-Shawbak Castle	Ash-Shawbak Castle	View from Ash-Shawbak Castle
Houses on a hillside near Ash-Shawbak Castle	Inside the north tower	Ash-Shawbak Castle	Layered hillside from Al-Shobak Castle
Arabic inscriptions, Ash-Shawbak Castle	Ash-Shawbak Castle	View from Ash-Shawbak Castle	Crusader Church, Ash-Shawbak Castle
Below the church	Al-Shobak Castle	Al-Shobak Castle	Bring a flashlight and nerves to descend 365 steps to a well under Shobak Castle
I went until the well worn stairs were partially blocked by fallen rock	Heading back up to the surface	The light at the end of the tunnel	Al-Shobak Castle
Al-Shobak Castle	Al-Shobak Castle from the nearby village	Returning to the King's Highway from Al-Shobak Castle	Primitive dwellings
A goat, Jordan	On the short detour off the King's Highway to the village of Dana	The village of Dana dates from the 15th C.	Dana Mosque
Dana Mosque	Small stone houses in Dana, mostly abandoned	Dana Nature Reserve seen from the village	Dana Nature Reserve
Dana Nature Reserve	Dana	Stone bridge in Dana	Stone bridge in Dana
Dana	Dana Tower Hotel	Dana Tower Hotel	Dana Tower Hotel
Dana Tower Hotel	Dana	Dana	Sheep and shepherd near Dana
The road leading into the nature reserve is a north of the village off the King's Highway	King Abdullah II, Jordan First! Municipality of Al-Harith Bin 'Umayr	Al-Harth Bin 'Umayr, a village between Dana and Tafila	Tomb of the Venerable Companion, Al-Harith bin-'Umayr al-Azadi
Tomb of the Venerable Companion, Al-Harith bin-'Umayr al-Azadi	Tomb of the Venerable Companion, Al-Harith bin-'Umayr al-Azadi	King's Highway between south of At-Tafila	Mosque along the King's Highway
Agriculture, King's Highway	Orchards	At-Tafila	Jordan First!
Jordan Post, At-Tafila	At-Tafila	Jordanian men, At-Tafila	At-Tafila
At-Tafila	Lunch breat in At-Tafila	Boy at a shwarma stand, At-Tafila	Shwarma, At-Tafila
Jordanian sweets	Boys in At-Tafila	King's Highway, At-Tafila	Continuing along the King's Highway north of At-Tafila through Wadi Hasaa
Wadi Hasa, between At-Tafila and Karak	Wadi Hasa	Some bedouin still live in tents, Wadi Hasa	Bedouin tents, Wadi Hasa
Bedouin tents along the King's Highway, Wadi Hasa	Bedouin tent, Wadi Hasa	Wadi Hasa	Wadi Hasa
Wadi Hasa	Jordanian policeman looking for a lift	Wadi Hasa	Jordanian Petroleum Refinery gas station, Al-Mazar
The King's Highway approaching Karak	Karak Castle, built by the Crusaders in 1142	King's Highway entering Karak	Mobile phone ad, Karak
Karak Center for Kickboxing	Karak	Mosque near Karak Castle	Map of Karak Castle
Karak Castle	Karak Castle	Stables, Karak Castle	Long gallery which served as the stables, Karak Castle
Karak Castle	Karak Castle	View of a neighboring hill across the King's Highway, Karak	While there doesn't seem to be much left of Karak Castle, there are numerous underground chambers
Kitchen, Karak Castle	Kitchen, Karak Castle	Karak	Karak Castle
Passage leading to the prison cells	Passage below the ruined church	Long underground passage	Marketplace passage, Karak
Mamluk Palace, Karak Castle	Karak Castle	View from the Mamluk Keep across Karak Castle	Karak Castle
Karak Castle	Karak Castle	Karak Castle	Karak Castle
Large undergroup gallery, normally closed to visitors	The people at the museum desk can arrange entry	Guides at Karak Castle, Jordan	Greenhouse tents seen from Karak Castle, Jordan
Boy playing on a mound of dirt, Karak	SuBermarket, Karak	Salah ad-Din (Saladin), Karak	Statue of Salah ad-Din, Karak
Salah ad-Din, Karak	Salah ad-Din, Karak	Jordanian men, Karak	Christian church in Karak
Karak	The Royal line of Jordan - Sherif Hussein bin Ali, King Abdullah I, King Talal, King Hussein, King Abdullah II	A mosque among fertile fields	Green fields between Karak and Wadi Mujib, Jordan
King's Highway approaching Wadi Mujib, the Grand Canyon of Jordan	Wadi Mujib	Wadi Mujib Reservoir	The new Wadi Mujib dam
Wadi Mujib	King's Highway snaking down the southern embankment of Wadi Mujib	Wadi Mujib	King's Highway, Wadi Mujib
Wadi Mujib	Boy in Wadi Mujib	Another boy in Wadi Mujib	King's Highway crossing the Wadi Mujib Dam
Reservoir, Wadi Mujib	Reservoir, Wadi Mujib	Reservoir, Wadi Mujib	Wadi Mujib
Wadi Mujib	Wadi Mujib	Mosque along the King's Highway around Dhiban	Mosque along the King's Highway around Dhiban
Agriculture around Libb	Fields south of Madaba	Madaba, Jordan	New mosque under construction in Madaba
St. George's Church, Madaba	St. George's, Madaba	St. George's Church	Agios Georgios Greek Orthodox Church, Madaba
St. George's contains a famous Byzantine mosaic map of the holy land	Unfortunately, when I arrived they had already covered the mosaic map	St. George's, Madaba, evening	St. George's, Madaba, night
Madaba is the Jordanian mosaic center	Talal Street, Madaba	Talal Street, Madaba	Moab Land Hotel, Madaba
Mosque of Salah ad-Din	Moses Memorial, Mt. Nebo	Moses Memorial, Mt. Nebo	Moses Memorial, Mt. Nebo
God is beloved, the prayer of Heaven and the message of the Prophets	Moses Memorial Church, Mt. Nebo	Moses Memorial Church, Mt. Nebo	Moses Memorial Church, Mt. Nebo
The church is basically ruins protected by a modern roof	Mosaic in the Moses Memorial Church, Mt. Nebo	Mosaic in the Moses Memorial Church, Mt. Nebo	Mosaic in the Moses Memorial Church, Mt. Nebo
Mosaic in the Moses Memorial Church, Mt. Nebo	Mosaic in the Moses Memorial Church, Mt. Nebo	Moses, Mt Nebo, Jordan	Altar of the Moses Church
Pope John Paul II prayed here during his 2000 visit to the Holy Land	Moses Memorial, Mt. Nebo	Moses was said to have spotted the Promised Land from Mt. Nebo. He must have had a clearer day	Jerusalem, 46km (28mi)
Flock of sheep grazing on Mt. Nebo	Mt. Nebo	Bedouin tent, Mt. Nebo	Descending Mt. Nebo towards the Dead Sea

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