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The Temple of Hercules, was erected somewhere between 161 and 166 AD, according to a dedicatory inscription, during the governance of Germinius Marcianus under the emperor Marcus Aurelius (161-180 AD). The temple overlooks Amman, Jordan from high upon the southern end of the Citadel Hill (Jabal al-Qal'a).
The cite is marked by two columns standing a little over 10 meters (33 feet) in height, restored by American Center of Oriental Research in Amman - and were thought to originally part of a 4 to 6 column temple that measures 30 meters and 25 meters wide whose 'temenos' measured 120 meters wide by 72 meters long.
Adjacent to the Jordan Archaeological Museum building is the excavated hand of a statue of Hercules. Excavations have also revealed the remains of is speculated to be the 6th century ruins of the Ammonite Temple of Milkon, destroyed by King David (2 Samuel 12:26-31)
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