Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Shobak Castle 2020

Yes, I know I've posted pictures of Shobak Castle before, but it's become annual part of our Jordan trips and the students always love it - and it was no different this time.

The view looking up the hill, giving you some sense of why it took so long to conquer (it helped that they had a secret tunnel down to a water supply and out into a nearby valley, which I've shown in previous Shobak posts).

If you're going to take over a crusader castle you need to make up upgrades, including fitting in blocks with Arabic script.

Claire Yeash scouting around the castle.

For some reason I don't remember this particular passage before, which I think is pretty epic.

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