Hisham's Palace
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Hisham's Palace, also known as Khirbat al-Mafjar, is an important early Islamic archaeological site in the city of Jericho, in the West Bank in Palestine. Built by the Umayyad dynasty in the first hal
The entrance to the palace in 2017
Archaeologists Hamdan Taha and Donald Whitcomb described the "Tree of Life" mosaic in the bath house as "the most famous of Umayyad mosaics".
Baramki (centre, seated) with excavators at Hisham's Palace in 1937
The palace under excavation in the 1930s
Desert castles
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The desert castles or qasrs, often called Umayyad desert castles, are a series of fortified palaces or castles scattered over the semi-arid regions of north-eastern Jordan, Syria, Israel and the West
Hisham's Palace
…in the city of Jericho, in the West Bank in Palestine. Built by the Umayyad dynasty in the first half of the 8th century, it is one of the so-called Umayyad desert castles. It is located 3 kilometres (2 mi) north of Jericho's city center, in an area governed by the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). The palace was used…
Qasr al-Kharana, one of the Umayyad desert castles located in present-day Jordan
Qasr Kharana, Jordan
Quseir Amra, Jordan
Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi, Syria (1950)