This is the most intriguing (and revealing) map of the Holy Land
Daniel Esparza | Oct 20, 2017
The “Madaba Map” is the oldest surviving original cartographic description of the Holy Land.
Driving through the King’s Highway a half an hour south of Amman, one finds Madaba, a relatively small city that is nowadays home to around 60,000 people. This city, which belonged to the Moabites, the Nabateans, the Romans, the Byzantine, the Rashidun and the Umayyad throughout history, is now home to the biggest Christian community in all of Jordan, proportionally speaking: both Catholics and Greek Orthodox make up around 10 percent of the total population of Madaba.
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