Madaba Map
6th-century mosaic map of the Holy Land
Madaba Map
The Madaba Map, also known as the Madaba Mosaic Map, is part of a floor mosaic in the early Byzantine church of Saint George in Madaba, Jordan. The mosaic map depicts an area from Lebanon in the north to the Nile Delta in the south, and from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Eastern Desert. It contains the oldest surviving original cartographic depiction of the Holy Land and especially Jerusalem. The map dates to the sixth century AD.
Read on Wikipedia · Image Paul Palmer, architect in Jerusalem Guthe, Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Hermann (* 10.5.1849 Westerlinde (Braunschweig), † 11.8.1936 Leipzig) 1954 reproduction by Survey of Israel, Public domain
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