Qasr Usaykhim - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Qasr Usaykhim - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Qasr Usaykhim or Qasr Aseikhin (), is probably a Roman fortlet on the extreme eastern edge of the Limes Arabiae et Palaestinae. The solitary outpost would thus possess one of the most spectacular sites of all Roman forts in Jordan. The ruins of the structure are located on the crest of a volcano in the Syrian Desert, Zarqa GovernorateDavid L. Kennedy: Archaeological Explorations on the Roman Frontier in North-east Jordan: The Roman and Byzantine Military Installations and Road Network on the Ground and from the Air (= BAR International Series 134), British Archaeological Reports, Oxford 1982, ISBN 0-86054-165-7, p. 107. and about 18 km northeast of the town of Azraq, overlooking the wadi and allowing vegetation to grow. Read more on Wikipedia
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