Hippolytus Hall Mosaic, Archeological Park of Madaba, Jordan

Hippolytus mosaic telling the story of the life of Hippolytus on the floor of the Hippolytus Hall in the Archeological Park of Madaba, Jordan. Originally a Roman pagan temple occupied the site, but in the early 6th century a Byzantine mansion was built over the ruins of the temple, with mosaics depicting the legends of Hippolytus and Phaedra, and Aphrodite and Adonis. The Hall was later levelled to build the Church of the Virgin, and the mosaics were discovered in 1982. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Byzantium Hashemite Hippolytus Jordanian Madaba

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