Hammam al-Sarah is an Umayyad bathhouse (hammam) in Jordan, built in connection with the complex of Qasr al-Hallabat, which stands some 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the west. [1] Along with examples in the other desert castles of Jordan, it is one of the oldest surviving remains of a Muslim bathhouse.
History of Al-Harraneh Castle
Hammam as-Sarah was discovered by H.C. Butler in 1905.K.A.C. Creswell surveyed and photographed it in 1926, finding the building well preserved, which remained the case until the 1950s, when it was massively pilfered of stones, bringing it close to complete destructions
The Department of Antiquities intervened in 1974–75, excavating the site before undertaking an emergency restoration.[6] Recent work was done by the Spanish Archaeological Mission to Jordan under Ignacio Arce as part of the excavation and restoration project of Qasr al-Hallabat.[6] Arce studied the ruins, published the results in 2015, and set himself the goal of dismantling the emergency reconstructions of 1974 in order to restore and strengthen the building by using current, balanced preservation procedures.
