Jordan is a country in the Middle East in Asia, in between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
![jordan](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/LocationJordan.svg/500px-LocationJordan.svg.png)
(from: wikipedia - jordan)
For a meal in Jordan you might have mansaf, which is lamb with yogurt and rice.
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Traditional_Mansaf_served_on_flatbread.jpg/640px-Traditional_Mansaf_served_on_flatbread.jpg)
(from: wikipedia - mansaf)
Daoud Hanania is a famous surgeon in Jordan, and was the first to perform heart surgery in the country.
(from: wikipedia - daoud hanania)
A very famous tomb was carved out of a mountain in a place called Petra.
(from: wikipedia - al khazneh)
There is an ancient place in Jordan called Bethabara that people believe is the place where John the Baptist brought people to be baptized.
![bethabara](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Baptism_Site.jpg/640px-Baptism_Site.jpg)
(from: wikipedia - bethabara)
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