Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Mosaics

Madaba, Jordan

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The Madaba Map is the oldest surviving original cartographic depiction of the Holy Land and especially Jerusalem. It dates to the 6th century AD. (As taken from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madaba_Map

The mosaic in the church was interesting... You can actually tell which one is the dead sea, etc!

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