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Um al Jimal- "Mother of camels" is a huge ruined city In the north of Jordan that dates back Centuries(some buildings are pre-roman). So old that little is known of the people that lived there, or its original name.

The entire city is made out of black volcanic rock, and has such a strange feeling of...what i can describe as loneliness... even with the contrast of the blue cloudless sky above, it sticks out.

The new name comes from the fact that Bedouins would keep there newborn camels there, to protect them from predators, also it was still lived in up until the 1940's for the same reason, so that the local population could protect themselves.

This Shot above is of -what is left of- a byzantine church (one of many in this massive city), that was probably two floors high, with two lines of arches to hold the roof up and a beautiful mosaic floor.

any notes and comment are welcome

Description
Um al Jimal- "Mother of camels" is a huge ruined city In the north of Jordan that dates back Centuries(some buildings are pre-roman). So old that little is known of the people that lived there, or its original name.

The entire city is made out of black volcanic rock, and has such a strange feeling of...what i can describe as loneliness... even with the contrast of the blue cloudless sky above, it sticks out.

The new name comes from the fact that Bedouins would keep there newborn camels there, to protect them from predators, also it was still lived in up until the 1940's for the same reason, so that the local population could protect themselves.

This Shot above is of -what is left of- a byzantine church (one of many in this massive city), that was probably two floors high, with two lines of arches to hold the roof up and a beautiful mosaic floor.

any notes and comment are welcome