IN THE CLASSICAL WORLD, PLANNING AND AESTHETICS PRINCIPLES WERE CLEAR AND UNAMBIGUOUS.  THE DORIC,  IONIC AND CORINTHIAN ORDERS WERE ELABORATED BY THE CREEKS AND LATER, ADOPTED BY THE ROMANS, WITH SOME VARIATIONS.  EASH ORDER BEARS ITS OWN RULES AND PARTICULAR ORNAMENTAL ELEMENTS.  COLUMNS CAPITALS EXPRESS THESE DIFFERENT ORDERS.

 CAESAREA ON THE MEDITERANEAN SEA

 CAESAREA

 THE BEAUTIFUL AND COOL MEDITERRANEAN SEA.  I FOUND AWESOME SEASHELLS AND COOLED MY HOT FEET IN THE WATER.  THE WATER WAS CLEAR AND A BEAUTIFUL BLUE/GREEN.

 THE HIPPODROME AT CAESAREA WHERE THEY HELD CHARIOT RACES AND BROUGHT IN TIGERS, LIONS AND OTHER AGGRESSIVE CREATURES TO FIGHT WITH A HUMAN FOR ENTERTAINMENT.

 THE BEATITUDES AND GALILEE.  THERE WAS A VERY OLD CHRISTIAN SMALL CHURCH ON THE GROUNDS AND IT OVERLOOKED THE SEA OF GALILEE.

 INFANT BABY OWL ON THE GROUNDS OF THE BEATITUDES.

 THE RUINS OF ZIPPORI, AN ANCIENT ROMAN COLONY.

 A SAMPLE OF DETAILED MOSAIC FLOORS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

AN INTACT ROMAN ROAD THAT WAS UNCOVERED IN ZIPPORI AND IS ALSO IN PRISTINE CONDITION.

WE MISSED HILA TODAY, SHE HAS SCHOOL UNTIL FRIDAY.  SHE WILL THEN BE WITH US FOR THE WEEKEND !

              NEW TRIVIA QUESTION ?   JERASH IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST
           
              IMPORTANT AND BEST PRESERVED _ _ _ _ _  CITIES IN THE NEAR EAST.
     
              GOOD LUCK !!        

                 THE TRIVIA QUESTION FOR YESTERDAY :     WHAT IS A BEDOUIN ?
               
 ANSWER :  BEDOUIN'S ARE A PART OF A PREDOMINANTLY DESERT
                                       DWELLING ARABIAN ETHNIC GROUP TRADITIONALLY
                                        DIVIDED INTO TRIBES OR CLAN'S.

 INTRICATELY CARVED STONES THAT SET ON TOP OF LARGE COLUMNS OR WALLS.

 ARCHWAY ENTRANCE TO ANCIENT JERASH.   RECENT EXCAVATIONS SHOW THAT JERASH WAS ALREADY INHABITED DURING THE BRONZE AGE (3200 - 1200) BC).  AFTER THE ROMAN CONQUEST IN 63 BC, JERASH AND THE LAND SURROUNDING IT WERE ANNEXED BY THE ROMAN PROVINCE OF SYRIA, AND LATER JOINED THE DECAPOLIS CITIES.  IN 90 AD, JERASH WAS ABSORBED INTO THE ROMAN PROVINCE OF ARABIA, WHICH INCLUDED THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA (MODERN DAY AMMAN).  THE ROMANS ENSURED SECURITY AND PEACE IN THIS AREA, WHICH ENABLED ITS PEOPLE TO DEVOTE THEIR EFFORTS TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ENCOURAGED CIVIC BUILDING ACTIVITY.

 OLD ROMAN ROAD THAT WAS BURIED UNDER ABOUT 10FT OF SAND AND RECLAIMED BY THE JORDANIANS.

  EXQUISITE COLUMNS THAT TOWER OVER THE BEAUTIFUL RECLAIMED ROMAN CITY.

STAIRWAY UP TO THE THEATER.

 THE SEA OF GALILEE.  I'M STANDING BY THE SEA WITH MY MOM AND DAD.

 A BOAT EXCURSION ON THE SEA OF GALILEE.

 ISRAEL!  AFTER 2:30HRS OF BORDER CHANGES AND CUSTOMS WE ARRIVED IN TIBERIUS.   TIBERIUS IS NAMED AFTER THE EMPEROR OF ROME "TIBERIUS".  IT IS NOW A RESORT CITY ON THE SEA OF GALILEE.  IT WAS ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED AROUND 20 AD. BY HEROD ANTIPAS, THE SON OF HEROD THE GREAT AND NAMED IN HONOR OF ANTIPAS.

 ON OUR LAST DAY IN JORDAN WE WENT TO JERASH WHERE THE ROMANS BUILT A GREAT CITY.  THIS ORNAMENTAL FOUNTAIN WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 191 AD AND DEDICATED TO THE NYMPHS.  SUCH FOUNTAINS WERE COMMON IN ROMAN CITIES, AND PROVIDED A REFRESHING FOCAL POINT FOR THE CITY.