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At Jerash: Roman re-enactment and Dean singing

Posted in Day 2 - Decapolis on Nov 5th, 2007

At Jerash today, we saw a re-enactment of Roman soldiering, gladiators fighting, chariots racing, guards playing bagpipes - and yours truly singing - and I got most of it onYouTube!

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A day about the Decapolis - and when things go wrong

Posted in Day 2 - Decapolis on Nov 5th, 2007

Imagine walking where Jesus walked. That’s where I was today when I looked over into the Golan Heights and onto mount Tabor from Umm Qais ( أم قيس) located on the site of the ruined Greco-Roman city of Gadara (sometimes, incorrectly Gedara), a semi-autonomous city of the Roman Decapolis.

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