Gerasa

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Gerasa

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:ancient_city
gptkbp:abandoned	8th century
gptkbp:destroyedBy	gptkb:earthquake 749 CE
gptkbp:distanceFromAmman	about 48 km north
gptkbp:excavatedBy	1920s British archaeologists
gptkbp:flourishedDuring	gptkb:Roman_Empire
gptkbp:foundedIn	gptkb:Hellenistic_period
gptkbp:historicalName	gptkb:Aramaic gptkb:Greek gptkb:Latin
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Gerasa
gptkbp:knownFor	well-preserved Roman ruins
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Jordan gptkb:Levant gptkb:Decapolis
gptkbp:modernLocation	Jerash
gptkbp:notableBuilding	gptkb:stadium gptkb:Temple_of_Artemis gptkb:Cardo_Maximus gptkb:Hadrian's_Arch gptkb:North_Theater gptkb:Oval_Plaza gptkb:South_Theater
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Roman_province_of_Arabia_Petraea
gptkbp:touristAttraction	gptkb:Jerash_Archaeological_Site
gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list	2004
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Nicomachus gptkb:Arabia_Petraea
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5