Map of Madaba - floor mosaic in the church of St. George in Madaba, Jordan, showing a map of the Middle East from the Byzantine period. The mosaic is the oldest cartographic representation of the Holy Land, including Jerusalem. It comes from the sixth century.
The map from Madaba is the oldest known mosaic map in the history of art. It is one of the most valuable sources used by Biblical scholars and archaeologists to locate Bible sites.
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