Roofs - Marj al Hamam, Jordan

This is a view of a few houses in Marj al Hamam, Jordan. Notice the wooden ladders going up to upper levels of the roofs. Roofs in Bible days would have had similar ladders. Also notice the protective walls around the edges of the roofs. The Bible calls these "battlements." 

These are water tanks in Marj al Hamam, Jordan. This is very typical of how most people's water, which is pumped in once a week, is stored. A few people have heavy-duty round plastic water storage tanks. Those are better than the metal ones because they are much more airtight, keeping dust, leaves, and other debris from contaminating the water.