00:00 In Jesus' time, this was called Philadelphia.
00:02 But we call it Philadelphia of the Decapolis.
00:05 The League of the Ten Cities that included Amman and other cities north from here.
00:10 And we know from the Bible that Jesus traveled to the Decapolis areas.
00:16 We know that many people from the Decapolis used to go to hear him and to follow him wherever he goes.
00:24 When you go here, you'll time travel the beauty of the Roman structures here.
00:30 During the Roman period, they built this temple here dedicated to Hercules.
00:38 Inside it, there used to be a statue of Hercules.
00:43 We believe it was like 10 meters high.
00:47 Wow. Let's just imagine that Hercules' statue looked like this during the Roman times.
00:53 Hercules, the most powerful mythical god, was the son of King Zeus.
00:59 Now, I'm going to show you near the museum here, what remained from that statue is two pieces only.
01:11 To show you how big Hercules' statue was, I'll go near the pillars.
01:18 Greece is beautiful. Athens is beautiful, guys.
01:21 Just kidding. I didn't expect that there are such beautiful ruins on this side of Jordan.
01:25 I am just speechless, guys. I didn't expect that after thousands of years, this kind of ruins still exist.
01:37 And behind it is a piece of the elbow.
01:41 The big statue that once existed inside the temple of Hercules.
01:45 So you can just try to imagine if you put the pieces together, it's just gigantic.
01:51 Maybe the body is this big and the hand is really…
01:54 You think so? That would be interesting.
01:57 There is also a place here in the citadel for Greek Orthodox Christians.
02:05 Where we are sitting, they used to worship here.
02:09 It was a big community back then.
02:13 Up in the citadel here, we see not only Roman and classical ruins but also Christian and we will see now Islamic ruins.
02:21 It's true that all who came and ruled Jordan are still alive in the traditions and beliefs left behind.
02:30 One of the proof of this is the color of these stones.
02:36 This is from the different eras of their country's conquest.
02:40 Let's have a chat.
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