Editing Decapolis (section)

==Evolution and excavation==
Jerash (Gerasa) and Bet She'an (Scythopolis) survive as towns today, after periods of abandonment or serious decline. Damascus has never lost its prominent role throughout later history. Philadelphia was long abandoned but was revived in the 19th century and has become the capital city of Jordan under the name [[Amman]]. Twentieth-century archaeology has identified most of the other cities on Pliny's list, and most have undergone or are undergoing considerable excavation.<ref>Segal, Arthur. [https://web.archive.org/web/20050417054811/http://www.tau.ac.il/arts/projects/PUB/assaph-art/assaph6/articles_assaph6/ArthurSegal.pdf "The 'Kalybe' Structures."] Zinman Institute of Archaeology, Haifa University.</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Parker|first=S. Thomas|date=September 1999|title=An Empire's New Holy Land: The Byzantine Period|journal=Near Eastern Archaeology|volume=62|issue=3|pages=134–180|doi=10.2307/3210712|issn=1094-2076|jstor=3210712|s2cid=164178042}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Meyers|first=Eric M.|date=December 1996|title=The Making of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East|journal=The Biblical Archaeologist|volume=59|issue=4|pages=194–197|doi=10.2307/3210561|issn=0006-0895|jstor=3210561|s2cid=165422294}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Collins|first=Adela Yarbro|date=August 1996|title=The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land. Ephraim Stern, Ayelet Lewinson-Gilboa, Joseph Aviram|journal=History of Religions|volume=36|issue=1|pages=81–83|doi=10.1086/463453|issn=0018-2710}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Chancey|first1=Mark Alan|last2=Porter|first2=Adam Lowry|date=December 2001|title=The Archaeology of Roman Palestine|journal=Near Eastern Archaeology|volume=64|issue=4|pages=164–203|doi=10.2307/3210829|issn=1094-2076|jstor=3210829|s2cid=163466008}}</ref>