Madaba is a small touristic town of 60.000 inhabitant between Amman and the Dead Sea. It's got an important Christian arabic community leaving in peace alongside with Muslims. The city is well known for its mosaic's treasures.
Mosaic's craftsmen
"The Map" (6th AD - St Georges Church) is a Byzantine mosaic representing the Middle East including Egypt, Jordan and the Biblical Palestine. The feature town in the middle is identified as Jerusalem.
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