Nymphaeum Jerash Jordan The site of a settlement since the Bronze Age the GrecoRoman city of Gerasa Jerash was established in the nd century BC and was one of the ten cities in Syria and Palestine known as the Decapolis Jerash became a Roman city of the province of Syria in BC The city was largely destroyed by an earthquake in The excavation of the site which has revealed extensive ruins began in the s A nymphaeum was a monument dedicated to nymphs particularly those associated with springs The example in Jerash was built in AD
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