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Khirbat al-Mafjar
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Khirbat al-Mafjar 

an Omayyad castle in Jordan. Khirbat al-Mafjar, situated north of Jericho, dates from the second quarter of the eighth century. Now in ruins, it originally was a typical fortified Omayyad castle, with a square courtyard enclosed by a gallery and stone two-story dwelling quarters with brick vaults. The castle is joined on the north by a court with a mosque and bathhouse, and on the east by a large inner courtyard. The interiors are ornamented with sculpture of painted stucco, floor mosaics, and carved stone and stucco.

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Hamilton, R. W. Khirbat al Mafjar. Oxford, 1959.


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The demonstrations at the Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock showed 'what an emotional place this is as we go from each one of these very, very holy sites to the next,' Mrs Bush said later in the West Bank town of Jericho as she stood at the ruins of the 8th century Hisham's Palace.
It boasts the once luxurious hotel built in 1920 - Hisham's Palace where the Palestinian autonomous authority is expected to set up its headquarters.
 
 
 
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