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7942000 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

large Byzantine-era mosaic map of the Holy Land. Madaba is located 30 kilometres (19 miles) south-west of the capital Amman. Madaba dates from the Middle Bronze

still favoured by some. In addition to Aenon near Salem, the 6th-century Madaba Map shows a second Aenon right across the Jordan from Bethabara, near Jericho

relied heavily on the sixth century Madaba Map, a mosaic map of Jerusalem found in 1897 in Madaba, Jordan. The map clearly showed the Roman cardo as the

Arab Muslim empires. Madaba is known for its Byzantine and Umayyad mosaics, especially the Madaba Map, a large Byzantine-era mosaic map of Palestine and the

Imaginary maps of the ancient city and copies of existing maps are excluded. The Madaba Map discovered in modern-day Jordan is the oldest known map of Jerusalem

Habakkuk and the martyrdom of James the Less. Ostrakine is depicted on the Madaba Map. List of ancient Egyptian towns and cities "4care-sites – 4care". Retrieved

inner Daroma, near Malatha." The town is depicted on the seventh-century Madaba Map. Khirbet 'Attir (Arabic: عتير), located about 5 km south of the town of

(John 1:28–29). The name "Bethabara" also appears on the 6th-century Madaba Map (though west of the Jordan River) and in the Talmud. The name is used

possibly in the vicinity of Ta'anach) in the north, facing Jezreel." The Madaba Map mosaic from the 6th century shows a settlement named Betylium (Ancient