Cite this place Gleason, K., and L. Bedal (2025). "Tyrus." Gardens of the Roman Empire, accessed June 18, 2026. https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/e60c1ee87b/

Tyrus

Authors: Kathryn Gleason, Leigh-Ann Bedal

Contributors: Jane Millar, Keith Jenkins

Published: 2025-09-19

Last modified: 2026-06-08

The Hellenistic/Roman settlement of Tyrus was located in Wadi Seer in the highlands above the northeastern rim of the Dead Sea, about 15 km southwest of Amman, Jordan (Fig. 1). The site, which is often associated with the name of the modern village, ʻIrāq al-Amīr, boasts a partially restored palace (Qasr al-Abd, "Palace of the Servant") dated to the 2nd century BCE. In the hillsides behind the palace is a series of caves that were inhabited as early as the Chalcolithic period.

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1 garden article in Tyrus has been published:

This large preserved palace provides a rare glimpse of the kind of luxurious complex built by the late Hellenistic Alexandrian elite. According to Josephus (Antiquities Book 12:22...