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SOME OF THE MANY FACES OF JORDAN ARE PICTURED HERE
(clockwise from top left): a Jordanian in traditional headgear poses
proudly at Jabal an -Naba (Mt. Nebo), the mountain from which Moses
viewed the Promised Land; a view of Amman, Jordan' s booming capi –
tal, with 2nd-century A.D. Roman theater in left foreground; contrasting
views of wealth and fast-disappearing poverty in Amman; visitors at
exit of the siq or narrow gorge leading through mounta ins to ancient
Petra, Jordan's top tourist attraction; tourists on horseback approach
entrance to the siq.