Madaba Mosaic Map

Jordan - Madaba mosaic map, Mt Nebo &

Amman Citadel

Maybe 2⁰C (if we were lucky), freezing wind, snow all night & morning, rain most of the day

Well today was quite a different day to any others we have had this holiday. We probably should have had snow gear if we wanted to get out of it without being …

Salam! After a cold night we arose for breakfast before our day out. Flat bread, cream cheese, jam, cucumber, falafel, and some weird bar that i did not eat. Mint tea also.

Our driver took us and another passanger to the border so they could go to Israel. I'm loving the landscape here, the different sandstone colours are amazing. Then it …

... look at the photos, because my descriptions will not be good.  After the museum we traipsed to the main event - a mosaic map that once contained two million tiles but is now one third its original size.  The map described the Middle East ...

... Century map is quite incomplete. The priest told me that there were 20,000 Christians and 60,000 Muslims living in Madaba. He added that 6% of Jordan was Christian. After St. George's, went into the Protestant church right next door. For ...

... has in this part of the world. A very special mosaic that was discovered beneath the floor of the church. It is a Byzantine mosaic map of the area from the 6th century, it showed all the the towns and the significant areas around here including the ...

... to get Lindsay, who had caught the morning flight after spending the night in the Cairo airport. We returned to Madaba, where we saw an old church with a mosaic map of the Holy Land on the floor. We then bought some bread, fruit, and water at a market ...

... nbsp;hour of free time in which Michel and I retreated our steps, stopping along the way at several shops for souvenirs before heading back to the motorcoach for our next destination. Thankful for the mosaic map!   Monique   ...

... !   None-the-less, we finally made it to Madaba, still in one piece.  Madaba is a small town renowned for mosaics, in particular a mosaic map on the floor of a church, dating back to possibly the 6th century.  Unfortunately we ...

... indecent in our 3/4 sleeves, among the locals. We reached St George's church (and encountered a flood of tourists) where the famous mosaic map of the holy land, from late 500AD, is. Not only the floor had the mosaic map, but the walls were covered in ...

... a picture and moves on. If you ask me, it is not worth it. The same is true for our next stop, Madaba. Here, they discovered the remains of an old mosaic map of the Holy Land, with biblical places and stuff. To look at it you have to buy a ticket for 1 ...

Saturday 1st May 2010   Cyprus – Madaba(Jordan) Have an uneventful one hour flight, with a bit of turbulence due to some storm clouds. Have a minor hassle with change for our 10 JD visas, but cash yankee dollars come to the rescue. Buy one ...

... afforded great views. We then headed to Madaba to visit what looks like a fairly ordinary church until they pull up a rug to uncover a mosaic map dating back to the 6th or 7th century AD. There was a chance for lunch and a bit of shopping for dead ...