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Highlights include Great Temple and Stone Fingers, Nymphaeum, Odeon, Roman Theatre, The Umayyad Complex and the Water Reservoir, Amman Citadel.

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  1. Great Temple and Stone Fingers: story on the “Layers of Amman: from the citadel to Rainbow Street” route

    The excavations will give the monument a confirmed dedication, but leave the main question about the colossal statue open.

  2. Nymphaeum: story on the “Layers of Amman: from the citadel to Rainbow Street” route

    Archaeological finds make it possible to reconstruct the role of water in a structure of which primarily the stone façade remains.

  3. Odeon: story on the “Layers of Amman: from the citadel to Rainbow Street” route

    The unfinished masonry reveals what archaeologists were able to conclude amid construction work, a private boundary, and a shortage of material.

  4. Roman Theatre: story on the “Layers of Amman: from the citadel to Rainbow Street” route

    The ancient galleries will become the starting point for the story of the people whose settlement grew into the new capital.

  5. The Umayyad Complex and the Water Reservoir: story on the “Layers of Amman: from the citadel to Rainbow Street” route

    Here, dynastic politics will connect with the everyday task of supplying a settlement on the summit with water.

  9. First Circle and Rainbow Street: story on the “Layers of Amman: from the citadel to Rainbow Street” route

    The final stop will link the city’s westward growth to a sign that residents turned into an everyday address.

  10. Souq al-Sukar: story on the “Layers of Amman: from the citadel to Rainbow Street” route

    Permanent shops will show how street trading became a family business with an address and heirs.

  14. The Post Office That Became Duke's Diwan: story on the “Layers of Amman: from the citadel to Rainbow Street” route

    The succession of a post office, ministry, hotel, and open house explains why the building was saved from demolition.