past horizons18 Paul Sharman investigates a large rock cut tomb, now used for storage but under threat of collapse due to roadworks directly above Jerash Timeline 3200 - 1200 BC Jerash area already inhabited by the Bronze Age 3rd century BC Referred to as Antioch on the Chrysorrhoas 63 BC Roman conquest by Pompey AD 90 Absorbed into the Roman province of Arabia AD 106 Emperor Trajan brought more trade to the now flourishing Jerash by constructing roads throughout the region AD 129- 130 A Triumphal Arch was built to celebrate a visit by Emperor Hadrian 3rd century AD Jerash starting to decline as a city along with the fortunes of the Roman Empire AD 400 Christianity has come to Jerash and many churches were built in and around the City AD 614 Moslem conquest, the population of Jerash shrank to around quarter of its previous size AD 635 A major earthquake destroyed much of Jerash and its surroundings AD 746 The Artemis Temple ( now a Muslim fort) was completely destroyed by Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem during the Crusades AD 1400 After the Crusades the only mention of Jerash was by an Arab geographer, Yaqut in the thirteenth century who described it as a " field of ruins, completely uninhabited" AD 1808 Ulrich Jasper Seetzen, a German travelling through Jordan recognised a small part of the ruins as that of ancient Jerash. AD 1878 Circassians, escaping persecution in south east Russia, moved to Jerash and built homes within it's ruins AD 1931 University- American School expedition to Jerash, under the direction of Dr. C. S. Fisher The full survey report will be published in the CBRL Bulletin and Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan by the project directors Prof. David Kennedy and Fiona Baker ( FIRAT Archaeological Services). The authors were part of the team which included Paul Sharman, Don and Ann Boyer, Andrew Card, Anne and Naomi Poepjes, with Abd al- Majeed Mujalli, from the Department of Antiquities.

19past horizons Map of the Jerash Hinterland Survey area. The brown shaded areas represent the 2005 survey, while the green shaded areas represent the 2008 survey. Berketeine Jerash Hinterland Survey Old City Walls Wadi Deir Wadi Jerash Necropolis Chrysorrhoas river