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Jordan’s Forgotten Panhandle (A Cartographical Curiosity in the Eastern Desert)

Jordan’s Forgotten Panhandle (A Cartographical Curiosity in the Eastern Desert)

by Richard Collett | Jun 30, 2025 | Borders, Jordan

Discover the unusual story of Jordan’s ‘panhandle’, a cartographical curiosity in the far eastern desert borderlands between Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. The empty highway led northeast from Azraq. Leaving behind the sparse palms and military...
Winston’s Hiccup: How a Cartographical Mishap Defined the Saudi-Jordanian border

Winston’s Hiccup: How a Cartographical Mishap Defined the Saudi-Jordanian border

by Richard Collett | Jun 27, 2025 | Borders, Jordan

I travelled deep into Jordan’s eastern deserts in search of Winston’s Hiccup, a cartographical anomaly supposedly drawn by drunken statesmen which defined the Middle East’s modern borders. The road was long. The tarmac was scorching hot. And the...
11 Best Things to Do in Madaba, Jordan’s Christian City

11 Best Things to Do in Madaba, Jordan’s Christian City

by Richard Collett | Apr 8, 2025 | Jordan, Travel Guides

From ancient mosaic maps to crumbling Byzantine ruins, discover the best things to do in Madaba, Jordan’s surprising Christian city. Located some 30 kilometres south-west of Amman, the Jordanian capital, Madaba is one of the Middle East’s most intriguing...
The King’s Highway: Driving the World’s Oldest Road

The King’s Highway: Driving the World’s Oldest Road

by Richard Collett | Apr 1, 2025 | Borders, Jordan

Discover the King’s Highway, an ancient trade route which could be the world’s oldest continuously used road. Here’s what happened when I road tripped its surviving fragments in modern-day Jordan! The King’s Highway is one of the oldest continuously used roads...
The Hejaz Railway: A Plan to Unite the Middle East by Train

The Hejaz Railway: A Plan to Unite the Middle East by Train

by Richard Collett | Mar 18, 2025 | Borders, Stories

Discover the story of the Hejaz Railway, an audacious Ottoman-era plan to unite the Middle East, and how it could soon be resurrected. The Hejaz Railway was the most ambitious engineering project the Ottoman Empire ever embarked on. Intended to link...
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