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Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials MJ, [9] is an American businessman and former professional basketball player. He played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) between 1984 and 2003, winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls.
Ed-Deir (Arabic: الدير, lit. ' The Monastery '), also spelled el-Deir and ad-Deir/ad-Dayr, is a monumental building carved out of rock in the ancient city of Petra in southern Jordan. [1]
Petra is a symbol of Jordan, as well as Jordan's most-visited tourist attraction. ... It is said that 10,000 men were thrown off of the mountain Umm el-Biyara, but ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Dawson's Field hijackings Part of Black September in Jordan and spillover of Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon Three airliners were destroyed by explosion at Dawson's Field on 12 September 1970. Location Dawson's Field, Zarqa, Jordan Coordinates 32°06′21″N 36°09′24″E / 32. ...
Al-Khazneh The first glimpse of Petra's Treasury (Al-Khazneh) upon exiting the Siq. Al-Khazneh (Arabic: الخزنة; IPA:, "The Treasury"), A.K.A. Khazneh el-Far'oun (treasury of the pharaoh), is one of the most elaborate rock-cut tombs in Petra, a city of the Nabatean Kingdom inhabited by the Arabs in ancient times.
Tell el-Hammam (also Tall al-Hammam) is an archaeological site in the Amman Governorate of Jordan, in the eastern part of the lower Jordan Valley 11.7 kilometers east of the Jordan River and not far from its mouth.
Little Petra is in an arid, mountainous desert region 1,040 metres (3,410 ft) above sea level. To the east the Arabian Desert opens up. On the west the rugged terrain soon descends into the Jordan Rift Valley, with lands around the Dead Sea as low as 400 metres (1,300 ft) below sea level.
Jordan, [a] officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, [b] is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. ... including: El Morabba3, Autostrad, JadaL, ...