Down the King's Highway to the rose-red city. Tap a numbered dot and listen.
Narrated by The Broadcaster237 km · about 175 min · 26 stories
The stories
In order along the route. Tap a dot on the map, or play them here.
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عمّان, Amman
Royal Weddings at Zahran Palace
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وادي السير, Amman
Amman Citadel Ancient Origins
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الجيزة, Amman
The Circassian Origins of Na'our
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الجيزة, Amman
The History of the Moabite Kingdom Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3
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الجيزة, Amman
The History of the Moabite Kingdom Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3
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الجيزة, Amman
The History of the Moabite Kingdom Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3
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الجيزة, Amman
The Moabite Language and Script
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الجيزة, Amman
The King's Highway Trade
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الجيزة, Amman
Siege Tactics at Kerak Castle Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3
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الجيزة, Amman
Siege Tactics at Kerak Castle Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3
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الكرك, Karak
Siege Tactics at Kerak Castle Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3
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القطرانة, Karak
The 1834 Siege of Karak
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الكرك, Karak
Ottoman Administrative Reforms in Karak
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الكرك, Karak
Bedouin Life on Karak Plateau
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الكرك, Karak
The Great Rift Valley
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الحسا, Tafilah
The Edomite Copper Kingdom
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الحسا, Tafilah
Tafilah's Strategic Highlands
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الطفيلة, Tafilah
The 1757 Hajj Caravan Raid
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الحسينية, Ma'an
The Arab Revolt in Ma'an Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3
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الحسينية, Ma'an
The Arab Revolt in Ma'an Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3
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معان, Ma'an
The Arab Revolt in Ma'an Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3
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الحسينية, Ma'an
The Khatt Shebib Border Wall
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الشوبك, Ma'an
The Strategic Rise of Montreal Castle
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الشوبك, Ma'an
The Neolithic Village of Beidha
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البتراء, Ma'an
Nabataean Desert Water Engineering
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البتراء, Ma'an
The Nabataean Kingdom Rise
Where the stories come from
Infinite Road draws from a library of primary sources — public-domain county histories, the WPA American Guide Series, National Register of Historic Places records, local records, and encyclopedic sources — then writes and narrates each story in its own words.