Stock photography picture of Ruins of a Byzantine church at Umm el- Jimal in north-east Jordan

A04W0J - Licenced Caption Ruins of a Byzantine church at Umm el- Jimal in north-east Jordan Description Umm el Jimal is an ancient Byzantine town located in the desert north-east of the Jordanian capital Amman. Large private houses predominate, but there are also fifteen churches from the sixth and seventh centuries, a Praetorium, a Barracks, gates and numerous reservoirs. You can see Christian crosses engraved on the arches of one of the larger churches. Most of the buildings were constructed of black basalt. Keywords religions, religious, site, ruins, arches, building, church, ancient, `middle, east`, christianity, architecture, town, basalt, faiths, believers