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MADABA
Madaba, “the city of mosaic”, is one  of the most
ancient  Cities  that  lay  south of  Amman on the 
5.000 year  old Kings’  Highway. Madaba’s  main 
attraction is the  contemporary  Greek  Orthodox
church of  St. George;  A  wonderfully  vivid, 6th
century Byzantine mosaic  map  of  the holy land
with  two  million pieces of colored  stones in full
25.5 meters in its original state. The map  depicts
hills, villages and towns, as far away as the Nile
Delta.  This  masterpiece  is  unrivaled  in Jordan, 
yet there are literally hundreds of other  mosaics
from the 5th through the 7th  centuries scattered
throughout Madaba’s churches and homes.


MOUNT NEBO
Mount Nebo is the location where Moses is presumed to have died and been buried. Early Christians built a small church on the spot  in the  late 4th century AD and this was gradually expanded. By the
7th century AD it was a  vast Byzantine complex  to  which  pilgrims  came  from  far and wide .The
Franciscan monks enlarged  the  sanctuary  in  the  6th century AD incorporating much of the earlier structure. It is the old baptistery (completed in 531AD)  that the most beautiful mosaic floor remained.
Its stunning design features hunting and pastoral scenes with exotic Animals.


MUKAWER
Near to Mount Nebo, a small village Mukawer (Machaerus) is located; the hilltop stronghold of Herod
the Great.  Upon  Herod’s  death,  the fortress  fell  to  Herod  Antipas. It is here that Salome danced following the beheading of John the Baptist.