Jerash2 Pillow

the Gerasa of Antiquity is the capital and largest city of Jerash Governorate which is situated in the north of Jordan, 48 kilometres north of the capital Amman towards Syria. In the latter Ottoman period, the city of Jerash's name was abandoned and changed to Sakib, yet this was not a permanent development, as the name "Jerash" reappears in Ottoman tax registers by the end of 16th century. A strong earthquake in 749 AD destroyed large parts of Jerash, while subsequent earthquakes along with the wars and turmoil contributed to additional destruction. Its destruction and ruins remained buried in the soil for hundreds of years until they were discovered by German Orientalist Ulrich Jasper Seetzen in 1806 Recent excavations show tha...