{"id":148,"date":"2017-02-01T22:33:05","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T22:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/multi.madabaplains.org\/hisban\/?page_id=148"},"modified":"2021-12-21T22:53:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T22:53:08","slug":"tours","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/madabaplains.org\/hisban\/field-school\/tours\/","title":{"rendered":"Tours"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 align=\"center\">Jordan Field School Trips<\/h1>\n<h4 align=\"center\"><strong>Here are some of the places you will visit!<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_52\" style=\"width: 1610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52\" class=\"wp-image-52 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/multi.madabaplains.org\/hisban\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/Petra-horse.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madabaplains.org\/hisban\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/Petra-horse.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/madabaplains.org\/hisban\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/Petra-horse-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madabaplains.org\/hisban\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/Petra-horse-768x284.jpg 768w, https:\/\/madabaplains.org\/hisban\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/Petra-horse-1024x379.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-52\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sikh-Entrance to Petra<\/p><\/div>\n<ul class=\"big\">\n<li>Walking tour of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/international.visitjordan.com\/Wheretogo\/Madaba.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Madaba<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mosiac church in Madaba<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/jordan\/amman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amman<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Baq&#8217;ah Valley<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dhiban,_Jordan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dhiban<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ataruz.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Khirbet Ataruz<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sunset excursion to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/international.visitjordan.com\/Wheretogo\/Mount-Nebo.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mt. Nebo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Machaerus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Machaerus Fortress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/1093\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Umm er-Rasas<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_49\" style=\"width: 1610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49\" class=\"wp-image-49 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/multi.madabaplains.org\/hisban\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/mullom08Amman-Night.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madabaplains.org\/hisban\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/mullom08Amman-Night.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/madabaplains.org\/hisban\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/mullom08Amman-Night-300x71.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madabaplains.org\/hisban\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/mullom08Amman-Night-768x182.jpg 768w, https:\/\/madabaplains.org\/hisban\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/mullom08Amman-Night-1024x243.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-49\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Night View of Amman (PC: Marc Ullom)<\/p><\/div>\n<ul class=\"big\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/international.visitjordan.com\/Wheretogo\/Ajlun.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ajlun<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kerak_Castle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">al Kerak Castle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Umm_Qais\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gadara<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/international.visitjordan.com\/Wheretogo\/Jerash.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jerash<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jordan_Valley_(Middle_East)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jordan Valley<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/daily\/biblical-sites-places\/biblical-archaeology-sites\/excavating-ancient-pella-jordan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pella<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deir_Alla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tell Deir &#8216;Allah<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wildjordan.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wild Jordan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zarqa_River\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zarqa (Jabbok) River<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<div style=\"width: 3273px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/5\/52\/Madaba_BW_9_THERMA_KALLIROIS_highlighted.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/5\/52\/Madaba_BW_9_THERMA_KALLIROIS_highlighted.jpg\" width=\"3263\" height=\"1116\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Part of the Madaba Map (PC: Berthold Werner)<\/p><\/div>\n<ul class=\"big\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/jordan\/amman\/sights\/historic\/citadel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amman Citadel<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/jordan\/amman\/attractions\/roman-theatre\/a\/poi-sig\/1105394\/361068\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roman Theatre<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/multi.madabaplains.org\/umayri\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tall al &#8216;Umayri\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/multi.madabaplains.org\/jalul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tall Jalul<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dead_Sea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dead Sea<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baptismsite.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Jordan River\u00a0Baptism Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/1446\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bethany beyond Jordan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hejaz_Railway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hejaz Railway<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/jordan\/shobak\/attractions\/shobak-castle\/a\/poi-sig\/1106238\/1314548\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shobak Castle<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<div style=\"width: 9085px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/4\/48\/Wadi_Mujib_BW_2.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/4\/48\/Wadi_Mujib_BW_2.JPG\" alt=\"By Berthold Werner (Own work) [GFDL (http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/copyleft\/fdl.html) or CC BY 3.0 (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons\" width=\"9075\" height=\"2299\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wadi Mujib (PC: Berthold Werner)<\/p><\/div>\n<ul class=\"big\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Edom<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lonelyplanet.com\/jordan\/petra-and-the-south\/petra-and-wadi-musa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wadi Musa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Little_Petra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Little Petra<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/visitpetra.jo\/Pages\/viewpage.aspx?pageID=129\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Petra Archaeological Park Tour<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/King%27s_Highway_(ancient)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">King&#8217;s Highway<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Moab<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wadi_Mujib\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wadi Mujib (Arnon River)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gannon.edu\/academic-offerings\/humanities-education-and-social-sciences\/undergraduate\/archaeology\/khirbat-iskandar-dig\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Khirbat Iskander<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Optional Jerusalem Tour<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_1943\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/1\/1f\/Jerusalem_old_city_panorama_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1943\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1943\" src=\"https:\/\/madabaplains.org\/hisban\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Jerusalem_old_city_panorama_-1024x178.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madabaplains.org\/hisban\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Jerusalem_old_city_panorama_-1024x178.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/madabaplains.org\/hisban\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Jerusalem_old_city_panorama_-300x52.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madabaplains.org\/hisban\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Jerusalem_old_city_panorama_-768x133.jpg 768w, https:\/\/madabaplains.org\/hisban\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Jerusalem_old_city_panorama_-1536x266.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/madabaplains.org\/hisban\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Jerusalem_old_city_panorama_.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old City, Jerusalem (PC: Nettadi)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Old City and East Jerusalem, Garden Tomb, Jaffa Gate, the Citadel, Holy Sepulchre Church, Christian Quarter Road, Mt. Zion, the Upper Room, David\u2019s Tomb, House of Caiaphas,\u00a0Mount of Olives overlook of the city; Garden of Gethsemane, Via Delarosa, City of David, Hezekiah\u2019s Tunnel, Pool of Siloam, Evening in West Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>Optional trip to Bethlehem.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"edn1\" class=\"small\">\n<p><a class=\"cke_anchor\" title=\"\" href=\"#_ednref1\" name=\"_edn1\">[i]<\/a>\u00a0The\u00a0 Jordan Field School (JFS) Hisban Excavations is a collaborative undertaking organized by Andrews University&#8217;s Institute of Archaeology and College of Arts and Sciences in cooperation with the Department of Antiquities of Jordan; the Municipality of Hisban; the American Center for Oriental Research (ACOR); the German-Jordanian University; the Madaba Plains Project; Missouri State University; the University of Bonn and the University of Oslo. Senior director of the JFS is Professor Oystein S. LaBianca (Andrews); Director of the Hisban Excavations is Professor Bethany Walker (Missouri State); Ms Maria Elena Ronza is Director of the Hisban Cultural Heritage Project and Administrative Director for JFS and Hisban Excavations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jordan Field School Trips Here are some of the places you will visit! Walking tour of\u00a0Madaba Mosiac church in Madaba Amman Baq&#8217;ah Valley Dhiban Khirbet Ataruz Sunset excursion to\u00a0Mt. Nebo Machaerus Fortress Umm er-Rasas Ajlun al Kerak Castle Gadara Jerash Jordan Valley Pella Tell Deir &#8216;Allah Wild Jordan Zarqa (Jabbok) River Amman Citadel,\u00a0Roman Theatre Tall [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":118,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-148","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madabaplains.org\/hisban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madabaplains.org\/hisban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madabaplains.org\/hisban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madabaplains.org\/hisban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madabaplains.org\/hisban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/madabaplains.org\/hisban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1957,"href":"https:\/\/madabaplains.org\/hisban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148\/revisions\/1957"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madabaplains.org\/hisban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madabaplains.org\/hisban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}