Connected Sites
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Excavated Elusa
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Visited (1906-10)
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T. E. Lawrence wrote of "ruined Um el Jemal", "There seemed evidence of bluntness of mind in these Roman frontier cities, Um el Jemal, Um el Surab, Umtaiye. Such incongruous buildings, in what was then and now a desert cockpit, accused their builders of insensitiveness; almost of a vulgar assertion of man's right (Roman right) to live unchanged in all his estate."(wiki)
See en.wikipedia.org
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Used by him as an army base during 1917/8. One of the rock formations was (much later)named "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom" in memory of Lawrence's book. Lawrence does refer in his book to the location but the movie was incorrect in a number of important respects as to its significance in military terms to him. See
See www.jordanjubilee.com
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Participated in the WWI battle over it
