Column of Jerash in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in 2022
The Column of Jerash, also known as the Whispering Column of Jerash, is a monument in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens, New York City. The column was originally constructed in the second century AD under Roman rule in Jerash, Jordan. The column has been in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park since 1964, when it was gifted to the city by Hussein of Jordan for the 1964–65 New York World's Fair.[1][2]: 152
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The ColumnofJerash, also known as the Whispering ColumnofJerash, is a monument in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens, New York City. The column was...
administrative center of the Jerash Governorate, and has a population of 50,745 as of 2015. It is located 48 kilometres (30 mi) north of the capital city Amman...
Jerash Cathedral (Cathedral of St. Mary) in Jerash, Jordan, now in ruins, was built on the site of a former Roman temple. Jerash Cathedral was raised[when...
of five sculptors who would create pieces for the fairground. He was contracted in 1962 for the amount of $105,000 with a deadline for completion of under...
دينار أردني; code: JOD; unofficially abbreviated as JD) has been the currency of Jordan since 1950. The dinar is divided into 100 qirsh (also called piastres)...
Corinthian columns and pilasters of the Arch of Hadrian, Athens, 131 or 132 AD Roman Corinthian columns from the Temple of Artemis, Jerash, Jordan, 150...
(formerly the Queens Museum of Art) is an art museum and educational center at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in the borough of Queens in New York City, New...
Pantheon in Rome is completed. 129/130 – Arch of Hadrian in modern Jerash, Jordan is completed. 132 – Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens, begun around 520 BC...
Valley) at the intersection of Cardo Maximus and Decumanus Maximus streets two in Jerash (Jordan): one at the intersection of northern-decumanus and cardo...
as examples of streets that have kept their course and function of cardo and decumanus maximus until this day. The excavations at Jerash, in Jordan, have...
population of higher than 20,000 are listed below. Note that the first three population columns are based on censuses, while the last column is from an...
male figure playing aulos. Southern theatre at Jerash. A woman playing aulos. Southern theatre at Jerash. The Reading Aulos Launeddas Zampogna Arghul Triple...
Jordanian border town of Ar-Ramtha north of Jordan and is a member of the Hasanite Al-Zoubi family. He earned a BA in accounting from Jerash Private University...
of post-Roman triumphal arches Victory column Rostral column Roman architecture Roman engineering Roman technology Mirabilia Urbis Romae [Marvels of Rome...
road linking Amman to Jerash. In 1972 , Henry performed the first archaeological excavations at the site, as he uncovered a group of Roman graves in the...
W. Roman Arabia, Harvard University Press, 1983 Browning, Iain (1982). Jerash and the Decapolis. London: Chatto & Windus. OCLC 1166989366. Choisnel, Emmanuel...
Southern France, one of the most complete survivals Temple of Artemis, Jerash, Jordan; partial remains of two other temples Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek, Lebanon...
inscriptions in Nabatean script. One of them was to a certain Petraios who was born in Raqmu (Rekem) and buried in Garshu (Jerash). An old theory held that Petra...
16 September 2020. Abdulkarim, Maamoun (2003). Apollodorus of Damascus and Trajan's Column. L'Erma di Bretschneider. ISBN 978-8-8826-5233-3. Aharoni,...
Google Maps and Google Earth that provides ground-level interactive panoramas of cities. The service was first introduced in the United States on May 25, 2007...
"Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!" Of the 121 columnsof her temple, only one composite, made up of fragments, still stands as a marker of the temple's location...
construction which makes use of the column and architrave. The construction of domes was greatly facilitated by the invention of concrete, a process which...
corner of Jordan. They relocated near the town ofJerash, near the border with Syria. With the help of Munib Masri, a pro-Palestinian Jordanian cabinet...
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