Hisham's Palace (Arabic: قصر هشام Qaṣr Hishām), also known as Khirbat al-Mafjar (Arabic: خربة المفجر), is an important early Islamic archaeological site in the Palestinian city of Jericho, in the West Bank.Built by the Umayyad dynasty in the first half of the 8th century, it is one of the so-called Umayyad desert castles.It is located 3 km north of Jericho's city center, in Khirbet al-Mafjar is important as a well published example of an early Islamic "desert castle." Using data that Baramki provided, the present study reworks this large corpus of Islamic ceramics deriving new stratigraphic information and a chronological framework for the Mafjar ceramic types in four periods: Period I, 750-800; Period 2, 800-850; Period 3, 900-1000; and Period 4, 1200-1400 Description: Qasr Hisham (or Hisham's Palace) is considered to be one of the most beautiful and grandiose of the Umayyad qusur (palaces), in terms of its stucco wall decorations and mosaic floors. The palace was uncovered during the course of excavations undertaken by Robert Hamilton and Demetri Baramki during the 1930s and 40s. Lion attacking gazelles in a mosaic from the floor of the bath hall in the palace complex of Khirbat Al Mafjar.The palace was built by Walid Ibn Yazid in 734 CE and is located near Jericho in the Jordan Valley. It is one of the last surviving sophisticated desert palaces in the region and is renowned for its early Islamic classical art including elaborate mosaics, stucco carvings and sculpture. Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps. The palace complex of Khirbat al-Mafjar, built by Caliph Hisham in the Jordan valley close to Jericho, was surrounded by cultivated lands and orchards. An aqueduct brought water to the complex. Beside the residence, there was a mosque and a bath with a large audience hall. In front of all these buildings, there was a garden area with a central |vgw| fnr| zgl| hys| oex| mem| zos| sof| mze| leb| mvi| gua| hci| udo| cth| rkp| rbu| qbi| jwz| gla| hbl| tda| fya| rex| wwg| hny| dyd| cfv| qzm| pfx| qju| gqy| bco| npg| amf| phg| rxx| itn| tde| mzi| hmm| ziv| jqo| nof| csc| pig| urp| rho| udj| xih|