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You can see Alessandro De Felice at Umm Qais (Jordan) next to an ancient mosaic representing several crosses and swastika.In addition to Jerash and Amman, Gadara(nowUmm Qais)andPella (nowTabaqat Fahil) were once Decapolis cities, and each has unique appeal famous for the biblical story of the Gadarene Swine, was renewed in its time as a cultural centre. Perched on a splendid hill top overlooking the JordanValley and the sea of Galilee, Umm Qais boasts impressive ancient remains. Such as the stunning black basalt theatre, the basilica and adjacent courtyard strewn with nicely carved black sarcophagi, the colonnaded main street and a side street lined with shops, an underground mausoleum, two baths, a nymphaeum, a city gate and the faint on  outlines of what was a massive hippodrome. You can see swastika mosaics also in an other ancient town of Jordan a time belonging to Roman Empire, Jerash (also called and well-known like <<the Pompei of Middle East>>) in Northern Jordan. You can see swastika throughout the centuries wherever you go in any destinations, but above all, in India and Hinduist and Buddhist cities. You can see it while you are walking along the Indo and Gange’s rivers.