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Known as “The City of Mosaics,” Madaba has in the past provided this former alter boy with a very special treat – the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George. Blessed with many wonderful icons, but greater historical value – a vivid sixth-century Byzantine mosaic map showing Jerusalem and other sites in the Holy Land. So it was with much joy that I read in yesterday’s Jordan Times that …

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Note to ancient history and/or religious tourism buffs, don’t forget to visit Umm el-Jimal while in Jordan – a historic site of rich in Byzantine and early Islamic whose black basalt construction presents a photo-ready demonstration of “Haurinte architecture.”

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