... hotel, was built in the 1920s beside the Odeon on the banks of the Sayl Amman, which was then a stream owing through the city centre; sadly, the hotel was demolished in the 1980s to make way ... 2009.US$24.99 CAN$29.99 The publishers and authors have done their best to ensure the accuracy and currency of all the information in The Rough Guide to Jordan, however, they can accept no responsibility ... in the eastern desert11centre for mosaic art during the Byzantine period, houses the oldest known map of the Middle East, in the form of a large mosaic laid on the oor of a church. After the...