CaverInfo » jordan http://www.caverinfo.com The latest news from the caving scene. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:08:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Discovery of a cave church in Jordan http://www.caverinfo.com/2009/10/discovery-of-a-cave-church-in-jordan/ http://www.caverinfo.com/2009/10/discovery-of-a-cave-church-in-jordan/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:43:50 +0000 admin http://www.caverinfo.com/?p=343 Petra_monastary1a

This is the third time, that Commissione Cavita’ Artificiali SSI, the comission for artifical caves in Italy, visits Jordan for exploration purposes. They give support to the University of Florence. Recently they discovered a cave church with five graves in the wall, probably of Byzantine period, with remains of frescoes and a cross painted.

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