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[beljar]

Oldest Map of Palestine

Centuries in stone, Palestine's Ancient Past at St. George's Church, Madaba, Jordan.

Oldest Map of Palestine, Mosaic, Dated Ad 560, St. George's Church, Madaba, Jordan, Middle East - Photographic Print: 16" x 24" by Richard Maschmeyer

[elijah-loyal]

There's a church a block away.

It's Greek Orthodox, enormous, and right next to another church that I don't know what it is. My friend goes to Sunday church in the basement of the second one. There are angels painted next to the gate.

I like to go there and sit; there's a stone ledge in the wall just outside. my back goes against the iron fence over the wall. I've got John Milton's Paradise Lost in my lap, my pen twitching in my hand.

I wish I could go in, just once. That all that I am and what people tell me is hated of me could be forgotten, and I could walk inside the house of God. I don't know if I really believe it.

But it must be nice to have a quiet place, a quiet place to wish or think or beg something of a higher power. A place where all is sacred and the outside world cannot seem to touch you.

I've hidden in belltowers before, watched the sprawl of people across a city as I watched from above, legs hanging through the shitty rusted fence barely bolted to the concrete of the window. There's air up there; hot desert air that tastes like home. I cannot tell if it's the solitude or the location that gives me peace and contentment.

I don't know if I really believe it; but maybe that's just the poison of mankind leaching into faith.

There's a church a block away, and I don't know where to go.

[pawelgrunt]

Madaba

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[mein-teil-von-unendlich]

Madaba, Jordan

[editionbmvideos]

Jordan #7 - Madaba

[miyin2]

Ruta 32: Diez días en Jordania

Otro país soñado desde toda la vida, eso es lo que Jordania había sido para mí. De esos lugares tan lejanos que jamás creíste que llegarías a conocer. O al menos eso pensaba el Willie de 9 años luego de ver la película de Indiana Jones la cual fue filmada en Jordania. Yo que para ese entonces no había salido de Puerto Rico, el imaginar llegar al Medio Oriente era algo totalmente absurdo. Siendo…

[jontycrane]

The King’s Highway

Running most of the length of Jordan, The King’s Highway stretches from Madaba down to the Red Sea. This post covers the smaller sights seen along the way, with the big ticket sights of Petra, Wadi Rum, Red Sea, Jerash, and the Dead Sea covered separately. Madaba was a peaceful place to end my trip, a relaxed market town relatively close to Amman. It is home to one of the largest Christian…

[streamingthruamerica]

Moses, Mosaics, and Manna

According to the Old Testament (Deuteronomy, 34:6), Moses--at 120 years--ascended the highest crest of Mount Nebo (800m) to view the Jordan Valley.

[azvolrien]

The famous mosaic map in St George’s Church at Madaba. East is at the top.

[suetravelblog]

Jabal Amman Jordan

Rainbow Street Jabal Amman – planetofhotels Amman is my home base through May, and I’m settling into a new apartment. The fascinating city is full of surprises. There’s much to discover and learn about the local culture and lifestyle. Mango House – universes.art Amman is popular, and expatriates from all over the world live here. I won’t elaborate on apartment hunting issues I encountered, but…

[graceandpeacejoanne]

Isaiah 33: Sennacherib's Duplicity

The way to receive from the Lord is to open our minds, hearts, spirits, and hands and then put to use by faith what the Lord gives. #Isaiah33 #Redemption #Sennacherib

In the last of the Slinky Chapters, the Lord now turned God’s gaze from the people of God to the those who were seeking destroy God’s people Woe to the destroyer,    who yourself have not been destroyed;you treacherous one,    with whom no one has dealt treacherously!When you have ceased to destroy,    you will be destroyed;and when you have stopped dealing treacherously,    you will be dealt…

[pawelgrunt]

Stylish.

[thepastisalreadywritten]

What did Jerusalem’s main road look like about 1,500 years ago?

An archaeological excavation conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority in 2010 near the Old City’s Jaffa Gate brought to life a 1,500 year-old map.

The Madaba Map is an ancient mosaic map that paves the floor of Saint George’s Church in the city of Madaba, Jordan.

The map, created in 6th-7th centuries CE, depicts the Land of Israel during the Byzantine period.

It clearly shows the entrance into Jerusalem from the west via a central single gate that led to the main street of the city.

In the past, the reliability of the map, which, among other buildings, provides the earliest visual description of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, has been questioned.

The excavation, located near David Street known to tourists as the terraced shopping street exposed for the first time, archaeological evidence of Jerusalem’s central street from about 1,500 years ago.

The salvage excavation, carried out in the wake of infrastructure works undertaken in the area and funded by the Jerusalem Development Authority, gave the archaeologists and the public a rare glimpse into archaeological remains underlying the asphalt and the paving stones.

Familiar with the Madaba Map, Dr. Ofer Sion, Director of the Excavation on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, suspected that the ancient main street underlay the modern road.

"After removing a several archaeological layers, about 4.5m below modern street level, we were excited to discover the large stone slabs, each about one meter long, that were part of the ancient street.

It’s great to see that today’s bustling David Street preserves the route of the Byzantine-period busy street from 1,500 years ago.”

The Madaba Map, whose extant part measures 16x5m, depicts the land of Israel as known to the mosaic artist.

Map encompasses the entire country, with emphasis on Jerusalem and its Christian sites.

It shows that many churches were first constructed in Jerusalem during this period, when city underwent a religious transformation from a pagan to a Christian city.

The churches can be identified by their red tiled roofs illustrated on the map.

© Israel Antiquities Authority

[sheltiechicago]

Madaba Gasoline Station

by Javier Arcenillas

OnePlus Mobile Photography Awards 2023