1. Um er-Rasas - This site contains remains from the Roman, Byzantine and Early Muslim periods end of 3rd to 9th centuries AD) and a fortified Roman militar camp. The site has also 16 churches and some with well-preserved mosaic floors.
2. Qusair Amra - Built in the early 8th century, this excepcionally well-preserved desert castle was both a fortress with a garrison and a residence of the Umayyad caliphs. The most outstanding features of this small pleasure palace are the reception hall and the hammam, both richly decorated with figurative murals the reflect the secular art of the time.
3. Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" (Al-Maghtas) - Situated on the eastern bank of the River Jordan, nine quilometres north of the Dead Sea, the site is believed to be the location where Jesus of Nazareth was baptized by John the Baptist. It features Roman and Byzantine remains including churches and chapels, a monastery, caves that have been used by hermits and pools in which baptism were celebrated, testifying to the religious character of the place.
4. Wadi Rum - The 74,000-hectare property, inscribed as a mixed natural and cultural site, is situated in Southern Jordan, near the border with Saudi Arabia. It features a varied desert landscape but petroglyphs, inscriptions and archaelogical remains in the site testify to 12,000 years of human occupation and interaction with the natural environment.
5. Petra - Inhabited since prehistoric times, this Nabataean caravan-city, situated between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea, was an important crossroads between Arabia, Egypt and Syria-Phoenicia. Petra is half-built, half-carved into the rock, and is surrounded by mountains riddled with passages and gorges. It is one of the world's most famous archaeological sites, where ancient Eastern traditions blend with Hellenistic architecture.
Petra is inscribed as Unesco's World Heritage site since 1985 and considered as one the most astonished cultural places in the world.
