Madaba Mosaic Map Lecture at St George Church in Madaba Jordan
our tour guide lecturing about the madaba map mosaic in the St George Church
The Mosaic Map in Madaba, Jordan
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Mosaic Map of the Holy Land in St. George's Church, Madaba ,Jordan
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Meet the Jordanian Women Who Create the Mosaics in Madaba
Walking along a quiet, narrow street in downtown Madaba, Jordan in late September, I’m on my way to find a popular mosaics school. Much of the Middle East is filled with mosaic art dating back to the 3rd millennium BCE. The small city of Madaba, just south of the capital of Amman, is home to perhaps the greatest number of mosaics in the world, including the famous Mosaic Map. I want to talk to the students who have studied this art of the past and are learning how to replicate it to sell in the country’s shops today.
On the wall of a small building I see a sign for a church, with a narrow door beneath. I know this is not the school I’m searching for, but something about it strikes me as intriguing. I walk through the door into a small gift shop and from behind a wall to my right, I hear excited screams. Jamilah! Jamilah! Come! Come!
I step around the wall to see a handful of beautiful, colorfully dressed young women enthusiastically motioning me into a room, where they are sitting around a large table. Jamilah! [beautiful in Arabic] Come! I will never know how they knew I was in this building. Not only did a wall separate where I had entered from where they sat, but I hadn’t passed by the windows which ran along the building, and no one had been outside when I was approaching. There was no way they could have seen me.
At the table where they sit, long thin blocks of blue, green, red, white and yellow rock are scattered beneath their fingertips, atop a white mesh covering the muted colors of a painting of the Tree of Life. Across the room, three men sit at another large table piecing together a different mosaic. These people are mosaic artists, I realize, and this is their workshop.
One of the women pulls out a chair, and all of them tell me to sit, so I sit. Their work table is piled with red clippers, bottles of orange glue, cups of coffee, phones, and hundreds of bits of multi-colored stones that they’re piecing into the Tree of Life.
All of the women at the table where I’m sitting are Jordanian except for one, a sweet and pretty 20-year-old Coptic Christian named Mariana who has spent her entire life not in Egypt but here in Jordan. One of the three men across the studio is Jordanian, and the other two are Syrian. Fouad was also a mosaic artist back in Idlib, Syria before he fled from the war and Jamil, who later invites me to dinner with him family in his home, is also from Idlib.
This mixture of people is not typical in the Middle East, or even in the world, but it is normal for Jordan. In this country and region where approximately 95% of the population is Muslim, Madaba has a higher-than-usual percentage of Christians. The war in Syria has resulted so far in at least 1.5 million refugees in Jordan, many in Madaba. The people of these two religions and these two countries are usually able to live in peace in Jordan, and this little mosaics workshop is a perfect example of their friendship.
All of these women are excited, all of the time. This is the happiest workplace I have ever experienced in my life. I feel good in this place. I end up spending many hours here on many days during my time in Madaba.
Holy Land Mosaic at Madaba, Jordan
This mosaic was discovered 120 years ago when work was taking place at Madaba, Jordan to build a Greek Orthodox church on the site of a Byzantine church. The mosaic is a map of the Holy Land
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Mosaic is an ancient art form that originated in the Middle East and was adopted by the Greeks and become popular in Europe through Roman and subsequently Byzantine Empire. It was at the brink of dying until some organizations on culture and traditions preservation with the help of the Royal Families from the Old Mesopotamia Region funded its continuity by reviving its grandure and teaching the young. Now locals and travellers are benefiting from this amazing art that survive the test of time. There is even an ancient mosaic that is salvaged and preserved so they built a Church on it in Madaba, the Holy Lands Map in St. George Church
Map of Holy Land Madaba Mosaic In Jordan By tourism expert Yousef Zreagat
Map of Holy Land Madaba Mosaic In Jordan By tourism expert Yousef Zreagat
Madaba Jordan. Jules visits the Greek Orthodox church of St George to see the mosaic map.
A short visit to this famous antiquity. 2JD to see a mosaic map of the Holy Land. Everywhere you look in Jordan there is an ancient wonder. I enjoy Jordan. Pack your bags, come visit with me.
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I enjoy driving along the 5000-year-old Kings’ Highway, in my own personal experience of journeying in the Holy Land. The Kings’ Highway passes a lot of antiquities. One is ‘The City of Mosaics’, Madaba. Underneath this ordinary East Bank town are amazing Byzantine mosaics in most buildings. The Madaba Museum displays many excavated mosaics. There are literally hundreds of 5th through to 7th-century mosaics scattered through homes and churches throughout Madaba.
Madaba is a market town with one of Jordan's largest Christian communities. It’s known for its exquisite 6th-century Byzantine mosaic map of the Holy Land in the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George. I visited Madaba twice this trip once to see the Holy Land Moasic and once as a drive through. On the first visit to the St George Church very busy site. The mosaic is the centre of a church. Entrance to St George is not included in your Jordan Pass and cost me 2JD at the souvenir shop. The second stop in Madaba was after my visit to Mukawir on my way to Mount Nebo. My wonderful driver stopped off and purchased a shawerma, an olive pizza and a cheese pizza. Parked in the main street this was the first time I experienced a child coming to the car window begging for money.
Madaba's history dates back at least 3500 years, the rich farmlands have been fought over they the Edomites, Moabites Ammonites and Israelites, amongst others. Of biblical significance, Madaba was the Moab town spelt Medaba mentioned in the Old Testament account of Moses and the Exodus. Exodus (Numbers: 21,30; Joshua 13:9), mentions Madab, the Amorite town close to the Moab border. David vanquishing an Ammonite and Aramean coalition near Madaba and the Moabite King Mesha freeing the city from the control of the Israelites in the 9th century BC. Madaba was named in the famous Moabite Stone or Mesha Stele recording the achievements of Mesha, King of Moab who regained Madaba from the Israelites in the mid-9th century BC.
With a standard Jordanian history, Madaba moved through the hands of all the dominant rulers of their times. Nabatean influences around the 6th century BC to the 1st century AD. Ammonites controlled Madaba around 165 BC, and then the Hasmoneans of Judea around 110 BC. The Roman Trajan came along around the early 2nd century AD about 106 AD and had control for a few hundred years. The Byzantines short had a lived control from 611 AD when the mosaics appeared in public and private buildings and in churches. The Persians sacked Madaba in 614, and an earthquake of 747 completely ruined the city and the site was abandoned. Madaba lay abandoned for over 1000 years when Christians from Al-Karak settled in Madaba in 1880. During the rebuilding of Madaba, the mosaics became buried.
The famous mosaic in the Greek Orthodox Church of St George was created around 560 CE and measures 25 by 5 meters. The map shows the entire region representing the Holy Land from Palestine and Jordan in the north, to Egypt in the south. Also identifiable are the Jordan River, the Dead Sea, Jericho, Hebron, Turkey and Lebanon. On this map, there is a plan of Jerusalem, with markers such as gates and collonaded streets. The crowning image in the centre of the Jerusalem is the domed Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Other images include the Virgin and the Apostles.
My To Do List was very long on my visit to Jordan this time, unfortunately, I did not get to see everything on my list so I will have to visit again. I missed going to the Madaba Archaeological Park that preserves the mosaic-rich Church of the Virgin Mary and artefacts from the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic eras. I am yet to see The Church of the Apostles, a ruin of a Byzantine church from 578 AD, housing a mosaic called Personification of the Sea. There are many other mosaics in different parts of the town, several of them even more complete and vibrantly colourful, that I will need to investigate more to visit next time
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Actual Madaba Mosaic Map in St George Church in Jordan
a video of the actual Madaba Mosaic Map of the Holy Land at the Floors of the St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Madaba City Jordan
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Zahi Shaked A tour guide in Israel and his camera zahigo25@walla.com +972-54-6905522 tel סיור עם מורה הדרך ומדריך הטיולים צחי שקד 0546905522
My name is Zahi Shaked
In 2000 I became a registered liscenced tourist guide.
My dedication in life is to pass on the ancient history of the Holy Land.
Following upon many years of travel around the world, which was highlighted by a very exciting emotional and soul-searching meeting with the Dalai Lama, I realized that I had a mission. To pass on the the history of the Holy Land, its religions, and in particular, the birth and development of Christianity.
In order to fulfill this calling in the best way possible, I studied in depth, visited, and personally experienced each and every important site of the ancient Christians. I studied for and received my first bachelors degree in the ancient history of the Holy Land, and am presently completing my studies for my second degree.(Masters)
Parralel to my studies, and in order to earn a living, I was employed for many years in advertising. What I learned there was how to attract the publics attention, generate and, increase interest, and assimilate information. All this I use as tools to describe, explain and deepen the interest in the sites that we visit. From my experience, I have learned that in this way, the Holy Land becomes more than just history, and that the large stones that we see scattered about in dissaray, join together one by one until they become - a Byzantine Church. This also happens when I lead a group of Pilgrims in the Steps of Jesus. We climb to the peak of Mount Precipice, glide over the land to the Sea of Galilee, land on the water and see the miracle which enfolds before us. This is a many faceted experience. Not only history which you will remember and cherish, but an experience which I hope will be inplanted in your hearts and minds, and will accompany you all the days of your life.
Things to See & Do in Madaba - Jordan, Middle East
DBH Unplugged continues its journey through the Kindgom of Jordan to the city of Madaba. Here David tours Saint George's Church, home to the famous mosaic floor map, which is the world's oldest, intact depiction of the Holy Land. This is only the beginning of Madaba's mosaics though, with hundreds more unearthed and on display throughout this 'city of mosaics'. Tour this ancient side of Madaba as David displays the ruins and remains of churches, houses, columns, roads (and of course mosaics) left behind from the Roman period. With sites still being excavated and discovered today, you can get a sense of how important this ancient city has been throughout history. Continue on towards the capital with David for even more temples, theatres, statues and ruins providing more insight into this country's rich history. Tour these amazing sites and get all the history with the DBH Guide: Dead Sea, also available for your Kindle.
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Things to See & Do in Madaba - Jordan, Middle East
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Madaba Mosaic Map, Jordan - Biblical History Documentary (2017)
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Welcome to Day 2 (24th May 2017) of my Jordan Trip. Today I visit the Orthodox Church of St.George in Madaba - City of Mosaics. The St. George Church is known to have the oldest mosaic map of the holy land and the surrounding areas.
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The explanation of the Madaba Map in Jordan (Part 1)