Like Qasr al-bint in Petra, this was a Nabataean temple reused during the Roman and Byzantine periods. Excavated by Fawzi Zayadine in 1968 (Nancy Lapp notes)
Format
35mm Slide
Place
Rabbah
Identifier
NL_J_2_S_38_002.tif
Google Maps Place Name
Qasr al rabbah
Historical Period
Umayyad
ID from Starchive
258768
Tag
desert castles
palaces
Rights
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Bibliographic Citation
Gysens, J.C. December 2008. "Interim Report on the Rabbathmoab and Qasr Rabbah Project". East and West, Vol. 158, No. 1/4, pp. 53-86.
