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Umm el-Jimal

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Umm el-Jimal
Umm el-Jimal. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Umm el-Jimal (Arabic: ام الجمال, "Mother of Camels"), also rendered as Umm ej Jemāl, Umm al-Jimal or Umm idj-Djimal, is a village in northern Jordan approximately 17 kilometers east of Mafraq. It is primarily notable for the substantial ruins of a Byzantine and early Islamic town which are clearly visible above the ground, as well as an older Roman village (locally referred to as al-Herri) located to the southwest of the Byzantine ruins.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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