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.
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| 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). |
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| If you're going to take over a crusader castle you need to make up upgrades, including fitting in blocks with Arabic script. |
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| Claire Yeash scouting around the castle. |
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| For some reason I don't remember this particular passage before, which I think is pretty epic. |
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