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unusual facts about River Jordan



Boscastle

The oldest part of Boscastle surrounds the harbour; more modern residential building extends up the valleys of the River Valency and River Jordan.

Kidomiyon

Kidomiyon, also known as the Kirmion and the Keramyon, was one of the four rivers that encompassed Ancient Israel, which include Yarden, Yarmoch and Pigah, and which are probably tributaries of the River Jordan.

Mary of Egypt

In John Berryman's Pulitzer Prize winning book of poetry The Dream Songs, poem 47, subtitled "April Fool's Day, or, St. Mary of Egypt," recounts Mary of Egypt's walk across the River Jordan.

Pigah

Pigah was one of the four legendary rivers that encompassed Ancient Israel, the other three of which are Yarden, Kidomiyon and Yarmoch, and which are probably tributaries of the River Jordan.


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Al Karak

In 1132 King Fulk, the Crusader king of Jerusalem, made Pagan the Butler Lord of Montreal and Oultrejourdain, the lands east of the River Jordan and the Dead Sea.