St George's Church, Madaba, Jordan
St George's Church, Madaba, Jordan. On the floor of this Greek Orthodox church is the 6th century Byzantine Madaba Mosaic Map. The mosaic is made of 2 million pieces of coloured stone and depicts the Holy Land. It was made 542-570 AD and is the oldest geographic floor mosaic in the world. It was rediscovered in 1884 when the current church was built. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13426142
Media ID
45119923
Size
5550px x 3690px
(5.6MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
