Moses' Spring, Jordan

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Mose Spring, Ain Musa in Arabic, is a sacred place. It is worth to visit olive and fruit gardens located a few hundreds meter downstream of the source. You can enjoy a distant view of Petra over green fields irrigated by the sacred spring water.

But it is one of those biblical sites that has not been maintained at all. Cracked paving stones and crumbling stairs make it difficult and dangerous to go there. But one of the most historic and important sites nonetheless.

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Jordan is a land steeped in history. It has been home to some of mankind's earliest settlements and villages, and relics of many of the world's great civilizations can still be seen today. As the crossroads of the Middle East, the lands of Jordan and Palestine have served as a strategic nexus connecting Asia, Africa and Europe. Thus, since the dawn of civilization, Jordan's geography has given it an important role to play as a conduit for trade and communications,

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