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Mark Cartwright

by Mark Cartwright
published on 30 May 2021

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Reproduction of Madaba Mosaic Map

by Carole Raddato
published on 03 March 2015

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Reproduction of the 6th century CE Madaba Mosaic depicting the map of Jerusalem. The Madaba Mosaic Map is part of a floor mosaic in the early Byzantine church of Saint George at Madaba, Jordan. It is a map of the Middle East. Part of it contains the oldest surviving original cartographic depiction of the Holy Land and especially Jerusalem. The mosaic inscription reads 'The sacred city of Jerusalem'.

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